You take a variety of classes while in high school..... math, science, language arts, social studies....
The connection between math and science is pretty obvious, but is there a connections to the other core classes? Does math have anything to do with literature or history? What are your thoughts on the connections?
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I would say no, because math and science have to do with the way the environment and process of things work. Literature and history have to do with the way people work and the outcome of the things they have done.
I definitely think that there are connections with math and other core classes such as language arts and social studies. I think that social studies (history) and math are connected by the fact that the mathematicians who came up with amazing mathematical theories are a part of history. In fact this year we have already learned about one great mathematician in Social Studies. Also in Social Studies, we learn geography, if you don't know math well, then you won't be able to properly read a map.
Math is also connected to Language Arts in many ways. One very obvious way is that in math when we do story problems; people have to think mathematically and creatively to come up with those word problems. A big part of math is using patterns, when you write story you must have a pattern as well. Another way is with probability, which we use in math, is also used when you're reading a story and you need to make a prediction on what will occur next, the probability of what will happen next in the story. Another way that math is connected to language arts is with children's books. They have written children's books that help teach math through literature. One example of these books is one of my cousin's favorites, it's called "George's Store at the Shore," this book helps teach kids to count and add. As you can see, math is connected to many other subjects at school besides science.
If you look closely, you'll see math everywhere.
I think there is with Language Arts because when it comes to story problems you have to be able to read and process. With social studies though I don't think you would because math and history really don't go together. So yes math can be used in other classes such as science.
Mathematics is to every other subject like...peanut butter is to jelly. Science, history, language arts, math...hey all correlate to each other. Neither subject is more important or dominant than one another; rather, they all depend upon each other.
I agree with what Juliana wrote about math being seen everywhere in the world, but I also believe it is much more deep than that. I believe everything spirals off one another. For example, during the times of Ancient Greece, Rome, and then forward a few centuries to the Renaissance (history!), literature, science, and mathematics erupted into understanding. People were inventing things left and write, inventing both linguistics and rhetorics, and devising brand new mathematical concepts. Aristotle, Galileo, Plato, da Vinci, were all masters at implementing several seemingly unrelated branches of education to better the world as we know it today.
History seems to be left out of the equation much of the time, seeing as it something to study rather than invent and better improve. History is more or less a record book for the past events of the world, but it is a prime example of how “unrelated” things are so alike.
How is history recorded? With words.
How are years written down? By number.
How are documents being preserved today, whether in museums or archival houses? By using the most advanced scientific technology so that brittle parchment and ancient flesh will not turn to dust.
Science and mathematics are hybrids. History and literature are the same. But science blends just as well with, say, literature as anything else. Mathematics and history closely coincide, being two exact representatives of what logic is, what concrete evidence represents. These two subjects are exact; there is no room for change.
What I am trying to get at is, of course core classes are connected.
Yes, In History on a map you use a scale. when you mesure on a ruler you use math.
I don't know. Well maybe in Social Studies when you work with a scale. Its important to know your numbers when you work with a scale. Otherwise I don't think it affects any other classes. Sometimes in Language Arts when you use time lines. You see numbers there.
I think there is a connection between math, history and language arts. Many things in history are recorded by dates, and dates are numbers. Also, there are many mathematicians from a long time ago that we learned about. The mile scale on maps uses numbers to calculate the distance from city to city. Books help little kids learn numbers and number patterns. In language arts we use math, too.
Amber D.
Yes, I think that math is in other subjects than just itself and science. For example math is in art. You need to use a pattern when you are doing the project. You don't always have to think of math as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Math is also geometric shapes which is where math takes its place in art. You also use math in language arts, even tho you don't think you do, you are using it. When you are going to answer a question you know there are steps that you need to follow, just like you do in math.
Math could be used in other classes. Like in fashion and interior design, you have look at a lot of measurments and stuff. Also, in social studies you have to use it when you're figuring out how long ago something was.
Math is connected very much to the other core classes. Reading is involved in story problems and in everyday Language Arts classes because you are working on many essays and plays and books.
Social Studies and Math are connected in ways of connecting history with current day events and with maping which is like graphing when you are putting cities on the map.
Math is connected in more ways to every core class than I would think possible.
Yes, I think that there are connections with math and our other core classes. Because everything goes back to math, any problem you have is solving some type of mathematics. Such as story problems, thats language arts because you have to read and comprehend what your reading, and when you get into geomitry, its art because of the triangles and squares. And math connects with Social Studies because in social studies we make time lines and graph out dates and other times from long ago. So I think that you can make math connect with just about any class.
I think that there are connections with math and language arts because when you're in math, you have to be able to read the questions or problems. Language arts teaches you to read and write.
In social studies you have to work with scales, so you have to know your numbers. Like when you're figuring out how far a country is from another using a scale, you have to be able to convert inches to feet, or feet to miles. There are also other subjects where you need math.
I think that you use math in all subjects. Not only math and science do you use it, but social studies when you graph coordinates. Math doesnt always mean you work with numbers either. In language arts you could be working out a problem and need the correct steps to answer it. So I think that you do use math in other subjects
Math is used in language arts and social studies more often than is realized. The one way that is most common is when trying to figure out a grade (percent). In order to do this, one has to take the number correct and divide by the total possible then multiply by
100. That isn't always what it is used for. When trying to figure out how much time has passed between a number of years subtraction is used. Now, this is easy math, but it could be forgotten if not used correctly.
In phys. ed. math is used when one has to keep track of how many times something is done correctly and how many points it is. Therefor, math is used.
Math is used more than one thinks. One just doesn't realized they're using math, because it is part of their daily routine and they don't think about it that way. Math is used in more than just science, although it used the most in science.
i think that math is not only in math and science but it is also in other core subjects like language arts and social studies. an example is that in language arts when the teacher is grading somthing it has to have a score at the top or a fraction. what i mean by a fraction is that lets say the assingment is out of 25 points then if you got a 23 out of 25 your percentage would be a 92. Becuase of the concept of math you knew to plug the numbers into the calculator. An example of it being used in social studies would be if there was a date. All dates or events have a time or a set day. Those days or times are numbers so that means you are using numbers. There is also math in secondary subjects like in metals or woods class. lets say you have to make an improper fraction into inches or in to a mixed number so you can measure somthing.
i think that math is not only in math and science but it is also in other core subjects like language arts and social studies. an example is that in language arts when the teacher is grading somthing it has to have a score at the top or a fraction. what i mean by a fraction is that lets say the assingment is out of 25 points then if you got a 23 out of 25 your percentage would be a 92. Becuase of the concept of math you knew to plug the numbers into the calculator. An example of it being used in social studies would be if there was a date. All dates or events have a time or a set day. Those days or times are numbers so that means you are using numbers. There is also math in secondary subjects like in metals or woods class. lets say you have to make an improper fraction into inches or in to a mixed number so you can measure somthing.
I know that thier is other classes that you need to know algeba, because i have use the formulas in my computer science class every day.to me it is weard that when I am doing my homework for algebra i am using the same things in my Computer science home work.
Yes, math does have connections to both Literature and History. Math is used in Language Arts when you want to figure out how many pages a day you need to read in a book in order to finish in time. To do this, you divide the number of total pages in the book by the number of days you have to read it. Language Arts is used in Math when writing word problems.
Math is used in History as well. Many times, the specific ages of people on events in history are not known, but with math the ages can be discovered. Math is also used when making timelines of historic events and you must figure out the span of years from one event to another.
I don't think math is really used in core classes other than science. It can be used in other classes such as drafting or computer science, but not much in core classes such as language arts or history. History is basically learning about the past and past discoveries and doesn't deal with math much at all. In language arts you don't need any math skills to be a successful writer. So I would say that in core classes other than science math isn't really used.
I would have to say that there's more to math even if we don't realize that we are using it in real life. For example, if you're taking out a loan you need math in order to figure out intrest and when you'll pay it off and how much you can afford to take out to begin with. Theres a lot of opportunities outside of schools that have to do with math.
I think that math has to do a little bit with history because we wouldnt have math if people wouldnt have invented it. Like old people. If we didn't know lots of the thing we do now, we probably wouldnt have alot of the technology we have today. But i dont really think math has anything to do with language arts.
I think that math can defintely relate to more than science. Everyday, but people don't realize it, we use math in many classes including social studies, language arts, health, phy. ed. and even lunch In health,we had to use simple math to find the percent alcohol concentration in a proof of alcohol. This required simple division,but it is still math. I even use math durring lunch (my favorite suject of the day!!) to estimate how much my lunch will be. So math is used all over the place.
I do think that math is used in other subjects we learn. In history we can learn about who discovered different theories. In geography you would need to learn how to read a map, by using a scale. Also in language arts you use word problems, which are also part of math.
Without math many things you do or learn about in life would be hard to understand or complete.
I agree with everyone else. Math is used in all the subjects. In language arts we do word problems like Erin said. And in social studies we do geography which consists of miles, kilometers,etc. We also use it in science with experiments by measuring things. Math is all around us which is why it is so important to take it seriously.
I think math is applied into all of our classes in school. Social Studies-graphing maps, and subtracting the differences in years from one event from another.
In art class you can use geometry, which some people may be in next year for math. Also, math can help you in following steps in different classes. Math has exact steps that you need to follow in order to get the right answer, in other classes you have to follow every single step correct in order to get the correct answer.
I agree with pretty much everyone in the blog. I think that math is related to a variation of subjects. In social studies, a couple units ago, we learned about one great Mathmatition. I also think it has to do a little bit with Language Arts, because if you can't read, you obviously arent going to be able to read and get the story problems. But I really think like you said that the main connection between math and core classes is with Science becasue it is in the same nature.
I think there is more to math because math is used in language arts, science, social studies, and other classes. In science you use math to find the density and volume of an object. In social studies you may need to know the number of miles from one city to another. In language arts you use math to figure out story problems by reading and understanding.
I think that there is not a relationship between them. I think that math and science are more logical subjects and that social studies and language arts are more creative and open ended. There is not just one right ansewer.
I believe that there is a very stron relationship between math and every other subject. You can use it evrywhere. In history it can help you figure out when a certain event took place. It can also help you understand things better if you know just how much there is, by the number of course. In Language Arts you can use it to help you find out how many pages you are going to read or how when your story took place. We all know that math is everywhere, even places where we would never expect to use it.
I agree with the comment above. You can use mathe with a lot of things like said above social studies to figure out when an event happened. Other than social studies and science i dont thinke there is other core classes that math is used with.
I agree with some of the people when they said that history and math connect with each other. In the ancient times they used math all the time. They based a lot of their theories and practices on math, such as the stars and medical stuff. Math is also used to figure out when things happened in history. Math can also be used in literature. When you read stories there can be some math in the stories especially childrens books
I think we use math without even knowing it. In social studies, we use time lines and we add and subtract to find out when things happend in relation to other things. We also use math in science for equations. Sometimes I think that the equations in science are harder than the ones in algebra.
I use math in almost every class. In social studies we need to use it by figuring out lines of longitude and latitude. And I use to to find the times zones. I dont think i use math much in LA. But math is a subject we use in almost everything we do or see in our life.
I think that there isn't. Math and Science require you to think more logicaly where Social Studies and Language Arts requier you to be more creative.
i believe that every subject can be used for certain things in life. also, they are all very useful.
I do think that math has to do with language arts, because of the fact of problem solving and whats in childrens books. They may trow something about addition just to play with childrens heads. And if we didn't learn anything about mat in school then how would we figure that out? I also agree with some of the other students because, in social studies we learn maps and geography. And if you can't follow a line graph, then you can't read a map. So overall I think that there is more to math in differnet classes.
I think that there are major connections between math and other subjects for example history and geography have issues dealing with dates, maps and graphs that could be dealing with things like elevation, crops that grow in particular areas or the distance between to cities. All of these things pertain to both math and social studies. An example of other subject relations is obviously science, but another subject that is harder to see the relations is language arts. Language arts does relate to math though from read a simple math problem in a story to figuring out how many words you still have to type in a 700 word paper when you already have written 467 words. I don't think we would get very far in any subject not know at least what seems like the easiest of all math problems.
sorry some of my blogs have been so late... like i told you my computers were down for what seemed like forever:] then during break i totally forgot about them. So, i can understand if you can only give me half credit.
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