28 | Unit 1 CONTENT Welcome to science! In school, you study different areas of science. Which area of science is it? Match. Explain. 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ SCIENCE SKILL Compare and contrast Scientists think about what is the same and what is different. They compare and contrast. Life science is about things that are alive. You study the life processes of living things. Physical science is about things that are not alive. You study how non-living things work. Earth and space science is about our planet and the universe. Science classes focus on engineering, technology, and the applications of science. a. engineering c. life science b. Earth and space science d. physical science CONNECT TO Science Compare and contrast the areas of science. Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing 28 twenty-eight | Unit 1 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Have students view the pictures for each area of science. Have them name words for anything they know that they see. Otherwise, supply words for them as you point to each. Have students chorally repeat each area of science. Ask students if any of the words were familiar or sounded similar to words they know in their home language. Point out cognates. For additional practice do a sorting activity. Students can place cards with words under visuals related to each area of science. Amplify For compare and contrast, introduce students to a Venn diagram as an additional way of organizing information. Model one example on the board and then have students complete it individually or in pairs. UNIT 1 / CONNECT TO SCIENCE Instructional Routine: Vocabulary p. Txxv Science skill: Compare and contrast Teach the terms same and different. Say: All chairs in this classroom have four legs. But the teacher’s chair looks different (or pick another example where most items are the same, but something is different). I can compare and see what is the same. I can contrast and see what is different. Give another contrast example with living and non-living (students are living; pens and pencils are non-living). Add the terms compare and contrast to the academic word wall. Welcome to science! Academic vocabulary Briefly introduce the highlighted terms life science, physical science, living, non-living, Earth science, space science, engineering, and technology. You don’t need to add these to the academic word wall at this time as they come up in later units in more meaningful ways. Reiterate that these are different areas of science to study. Teacher modeling Have students view each picture and name or point to something they recognize. Model how to select. Say: I see a plant in the picture about life science. I also see a plant in picture #3. I think the area of science is life science (c) because the students study a plant that is alive (living). ANSWERS 1. b; 2. d; 3. c; 4. a EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE , Arts Science Social Studies Electives Writing | 58
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