{"id":11630,"date":"2014-07-21T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T18:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=11630"},"modified":"2025-06-18T21:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:01:59","slug":"math-science-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/math-science-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Math and Science Connections to Media Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though few state teaching standards for math or science mention the media,\u00a0it is clear that math\/science teachers use media in their classrooms and that\u00a0much of the information we receive about math and science comes from the media. It makes much sense to include visual and media literacy in both science and math instruction. What follows are several articles\/essays\/resources\/research items related to the topic. For educators: you may wish to familiarize yourself with both the\u00a0<\/span>main concepts <\/a>of media literacy as well as the common\u00a0<\/span>critical thinking\/viewing questions<\/a>. Questions\/comments?\u00a0 Email me:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>fbaker1346@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW<\/strong>: Improving Scientific Mastery For High School Learners<\/a>
\nTips on spotting climate change misinformation and bias<\/a>
\nThe Skills Students Need to Find Reliable Scientific Information<\/a>
\nTransforming Science Education in an Age of Misinformation<\/a>
\nWorries Mount About Misinformation in Science<\/a>
\nTwo sci-fi movies that fail the science test<\/a>
\nHow to Teach Climate Change<\/a> (EdWeek)
\nFour Factors Explain Why Many Reject Science<\/a>
\nScience Friction<\/a>: new documentary on misrepresentations
\nScience literacy tackles the element of misinformation in the news\u00a0<\/a>
\nMedia Literacy in the age of Covid19 & Climate Change<\/a>
\nScience Scope<\/a> (July-August 2021) Visual literacy themed issue
\nFive science myths perpetrated by favorite TV & movies<\/a>
\n10 Times Sci-Fi Movies Were Scientifically Accurate<\/a>
\nWhy Media Literacy Is Important In The Science Classroom<\/a> (March 2020)
\nTHE “MARVEL”-OUS NATURE OF SCIENCE<\/a>: Using superhero movies to teach methods and values in science (Science Teacher, July 2019)
\nBe A Science FactChecker<\/a> (Scholastic, lesson plans)
\nNew Ways Scientists Can Put Science Back into Pop Culture<\/a> (January 2018)
\nUsing Hollywood To Teach STEM\u00a0<\/a>(May 2014)
\nThe Physics of Spiderman’s Webs\u00a0<\/a>(April 2014)
\nSTEAM & Media Literacy<\/a> (October 2013)
\nLesson Plan: Testing The Media<\/a>
\nMedia is Unreal:\u00a0<\/a>Bring Media Literacy Into Science Literacy<\/a>\u00a0(April 2013)
\nWhat can teachers learn from science-fiction media?<\/a>\u00a0(March 2013)
\nScience & physics in making ‘The Hobbit’\u00a0<\/a>(ScienceWorld)
\nVisual Literacy: Themed Issue of Science & Children\u00a0<\/a>(NSTA)
\nChecklist for Analyzing Images in Science<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\n‘Bourne’ reality: Writer-director Gilroy taps real science<\/a>
\nTeaching Critical Thinking Through Media Literacy<\/a> (July<\/span><\/span>, Science Scope, NSTA)
\nHow to read, question and interpret science news stories\u00a0<\/a>(May 2012)\u00a0\u00a0Media Analysis Checklist<\/a>
\nMedia literacy<\/a>: now part of the new P21 math curriculum documents\u00a0(April 2012)\u00a0 see\u00a0Science document<\/a>
\nWeb Slingers<\/a>: Behind the scenes of Hollywood’s blockbusters\u00a0(Current Science April 2012)
\nScience on Screen program explains real science in context of popular films<\/a>\u00a0(Feb 2012)<\/span>
\nMedia Literacy as a Key Strategy toward Improving Public Acceptance of Climate Change Science<\/a>,\u00a0(BioScience, March 2011)\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe Bright Spots of Kids’ Educational TV<\/a>
\n\u00a0An Opportunity Emerges to Rethink Science Education & Teach Media Literacy<\/a><\/span>
\n‘But if It’s in the Newspaper, Doesn’t That Mean It’s True?’<\/a>\u00a0Developing Critical\u00a0Reading\u00a0&\u00a0Analysis\u00a0Skills by Evaluating Newspaper Science with CREATE. (American Biology Teacher, Sept 2010)
\nVisual Literacy In Science<\/a>\u00a0(Science Scope, Summer 2010)
\nMath In Movies\u00a0<\/a>(streaming video clips)
\nReel or real (Avatar)\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Current Science (April 30 issue)
\nScience in Media<\/a>
\nBringing New Understanding to the Director’s Cut<\/a>\u00a0(graphic feature<\/a>)
\nAvatar: the real-life science behind the fantasy<\/a>;\u00a0 Science of Movies:\u00a0James Cameron Interviews<\/a>
\nThe Final Frontier: The Science of\u00a0<\/a>Star Trek<\/a>
\nReport: Real-world police forensics don’t resemble television’s ‘CSI’<\/a>
\nNSDL:\u00a0Media Literacy in the 21st Century<\/a>: WGBH Teachers Domain (NSTA webinar)
\nScience works with Hollywood<\/a>
\n<\/span>\u00a0Teaching with Web-based videos: helping students grasp the science in popular online resources.<\/a>
\n(The Science Teacher, Jan. 2009)
\n<\/span>\u00a0Media and Science: Developing Skepticism and Critical Thinking\u00a0<\/a>(Science Scope, November 2008)
\n<\/span>\u00a0Encouraging Visual Literacy\u00a0\u00a0(Science and Children\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Nov 2008)
\n<\/span>\u00a0Science Reporting By Press Release<\/a>\u00a0(November 2008)
\nFive Ways to Use Video Equipment in Science Labs<\/a>\u00a0(August 2008)
\n<\/span>\u00a0Eliciting Students’ Beliefs about Who Is Good at Mathematics<\/a>\u00a0(Mathematics Teacher, Aug 2007)
\nTV As Med School\u00a0<\/a>(Oprah Magazine)<\/p>\n

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216 Million Americans Are Scientifically Illiterate (part 1<\/a>,\u00a0part 2<\/a>\u00a0)
\nThe media are partly to blame for Americans’ lack of scientific literacy.<\/p>\n

Merging Media and Science: Learning to Weigh Sources, Not Just Evidence<\/a>
\nYearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education 104\u00a0Marlene\u00a0Their\u00a0(2005)
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Lesson Plan: Math in Special Effects\u00a0<\/a>
\nScience, literacy, and the internet?<\/a>
\n<\/span>\u00a0Pseudoscience on TV: Weak Investigations<\/a><\/span>
\nTurning scientists into screenwriters<\/a>
\nIBM supports the deep science of video gaming<\/a>
\nPrime Time Science<\/a>
\nScience at the Movies<\/a>\u00a0(2004)
\nScience would be nowhere without its image(s)<\/a>
\nBalance as bias: Global warming and the US Prestige<\/a>
\nForget Star Chemistry. How About the Film’s?\u00a0<\/a>
\nThis summer, the Web site version of the weekly Chemical and Engineering News\u00a0(http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/cen\/reelscience<\/a>\/) started publishing movie\u00a0 reviews that focus (although not exclusively) on the accuracy of the science, especially the chemistry,\u00a0in the latest releases.
\nScience Fictions<\/a>– understanding news stories which report on drug study results
\nThe pleasure of moving making: reflections on integrating video production technologies into the teacher education curriculum<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2003)
\nHow first year college students read Popular Science: An Experiment in teaching\u00a0media literacy skills<\/a>, SIMILE, May 2002
\nSci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Gallactica\u00a0Lesson Plan on War Propaganda<\/a>
\nMedia Literacy In The Science Classroom<\/a>
\nMovies Show Scientists: What Do We Learn?<\/a>
\nApproaches to Media Literacy In Science Education<\/a>
\nThe\u00a0March 2002 issue of\u00a0Science Scope<\/a>\u00a0(publication of the National Science Teachers Association) is dedicated to “Media In The Science\u00a0\u00a0 Classroom,” and includes articles like\u00a0Countering Gender Bias In the Media;\u00a0Star Trek Physics- Where Does the Science\u00a0End and the Fiction Begin?; Science Fiction and Science\u00a0\u00a0 Education;\u00a0Lights, Camera and the Action of Science,\u00a0among many others.<\/p>\n

Visual literacy in science and tech education<\/a>
\nShutters, Sprockets and Tubes: How Moving Image Machines Work<\/a>
\nProfessor Aims to Teach Science With Comics<\/a>
\nUsing Comics to Teach Physics\u00a0<\/a>
\nScience Fictions: The Media’s Role in Our Perceptions of Scientists<\/a><\/p>\n

See also\u00a0Math In The Media<\/a>\u00a0(original activities and lesson plans about\u00a0 common news stories that use numbers)
\nMath & Media: Bias Busters<\/a>\u00a0(from the book Rethinking Schools Special edition)
\nMath & Photography<\/a>\/\u00a0Science of Photography<\/a>
\n“Media exposure and knowledge about science”\u00a0<\/a>(ED 399 563)
\nUse the News: A study of Secondary teachers’ use of newspapers in the science classroom<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nENC FOCUS, Volume 8, No. 3 (late Summer 2001) “Becoming Literate in Mathematics and Science”
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Media Literacy: Yes, It Fits in Math and Science Classrooms<\/h1>\n

As teachers relate the significance of math and science learning to students’ everyday lives, the role of the\u00a0popular media adds another dimension to the discussion.<\/p>\n

by\u00a0Frank Baker<\/a>, South Carolina ETV, Columbia, South Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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