The Fin Art of Science: Japanese fish printing brings interdisciplinary science and culture to the classroom

Journal Article | February 2001

Gyotaku—The Japanese art of fish printing—evolved in Japan more than one hundred years ago as a means for fishermen to record and document the size of their catches. Today, fish printing provides an excellent classroom…

Bridging the Two Cultures: A Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching and Learning Science in a Societal Context

Journal Article | August 2005

Twentieth-century novelist and physicist C.P. Snow famously stated that solving the world’s complex problems requires collaboration between humanists and scientists. We agree with Snow and illustrate one integrated…

Curriculum with a Common Thread: Teachers create a project-based interdisciplinary curriculum with science as the foundation

Journal Article | March 2000

Imagine studying the history and technology of the Civil War through photographs taken at that time and learning about the chemistry and mathematics of photography by building cameras. That’s what elementary students do…

Once Upon a Physical Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers

eBook | October 2020

Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. The authors of this book have been in your shoes. These experienced science teachers know what it’s like to work with students who struggle to…

Fuel Your Curriculum: Processing environmentally friendly fuel engages an entire school in an interdisciplinary project

Journal Article | October 2000

In this article two teachers, one from the science department and one from the industrial technology department, paired up in a newly developed course called "Science and Technology." In the course students turned an…