Writing and Science Connections

Writing and Science Connections

1. Earth Science

   • Leaving a Record: Explain how sedimentary rock is formed (embedding plant and animal remains and leaving a record of the sequence in which plants and animals disappeared)
     • Just like Fossils leave a record the Bible leaves a record.

2. Biology

   • 8.D.1. Change Over Time: Recognize and describe that evolutionary change in species over time occurs as a result of genetic variation in organisms and environmental changes.
     • Overtime books have evolved from one topic to many, thousands.

3. Chemistry

   • 8.A.1. Compounds: Provide evidence to explain how compounds are produced.
     • Books are produced by machines.

4. Astronomy

   • 8.D.2. Regular and Predictable Motion: Identify and explain celestial phenomena using the regular and predictable motion of objects in the solar system
     • When writers write they use sequence of events.

5. Physics

   • 8.A.2. Laws of Motion: Identify and relate formal ideas (Newton’s Laws) about the interaction of force and motion to real world experiences.
     • Transfer of food to energy to your hand so you can write.

6. Thermodynamics

   • 8.B.2. Heat Transformations: Identify and explain that heat energy is a product of the conversion of one form of energy to another.
     • When you are done writing your hand is hurting and/or hot from heat transferring from your body heat.

7. Environmental Issues

   • 8.B.1. Environmental Impact: Recognize and explain how human activities can accelerate or magnify many naturally occurring changes.
     • To write it takes paper which comes from trees.