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Science develops literacy(识字)skil. Language and literacy skills are integral(不可或缺的) to knowing and doing science. Reading, writing, and speaking are all essential to comprehend
ing and communicating scientific issues and ideas. Active hands-on/minds-on science pro-
grams provide valuable context for students to develop literacy skills through reading and
riting informational and non-fiction text. But literacy in science is more than just reading and
writing: understanding the impact of science in our world provides opportunity to debate
issues through written, oral, or visual presentations. This gives students opportunities to read
write defend and communicate their findings in meaningful ways
()Science develops numeracy(ir 8)skills. Numeracy, like language and literacy, is integral to
doing science. The skills of sorting and classifying, estimating and counting, measuring, graphing
collecting data and analyzing are Frequently used when doing science. Science investigations
provide rich context and authentic( 85)) opportunities to learn and use numeracy skills
within the context of science. For instance, understanding and predicting how forces act on a
structure involves science, mathematics and design technology through data collection
measurement, presentation and interpretation skills
I Science develops general and technical skills. Science is a way of knowing and thinking about
natural and physical world. Observing, measuring, infering, classifying, predicting and
communicating are some of the skills fundamental to science. Not only are they integral
sclence investigations, solving problems, and making decisions, they contribute to scie
