Having addressed how the Technologies learning area can support the learning of primary science in Chapter 7, this chapter presents a range of additional examples from English, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences, the Arts, and Health and Physical Education. As discussed in the Introduction to this book, curriculum integration (CI), which is also referred to as interdisciplinary or cross-curricular teaching, should only be used where there is a complementary, and preferably a synergistic fit between targeted science concepts and concepts in other learning areas, so student understanding is enhanced, not diluted or confused. This specification is at the core of the examples presented in this chapter, where the relationship between science and other learning area concepts has been meticulously considered. Another key consideration is the contexts in which the various concepts are presented to students so that real-world connections can be linked to local examples within their life experiences.
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