Science and Social Studies in a Nutshell

by: Linda Edwards, Martha L. Nabors, N. Amanda Branscombe, and Monica Janas

This articles discusses three practicum students and how they took students' interests in peanuts and expanded it into a full unit concerning nuts and the history behind them. In addition to observing, classifying, and measuring nuts, the students learned valuable history lessons. The teachers found a successful way to integrate science and social studies while also discovering that learning takes place naturally when the kids find something that they are truly interested in.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2005Stock # sc05_042_06_26Volume 042Issue 06

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