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"The Interdisciplinary Way"

The word “Interdisciplinary Perspective” relates to Inquiry class this week.  This is a combination of two different areas of study that work together well.  Math and science are often a combined discipline that work well together because they are both logical and use equations to solve problems.  An example would be grams and kilograms.  In order to work with powers of 10, it would be necessary to be knowledgeable in mathematics.  This is a mathematical concept as well as a scientific concept. 

History and English are subject areas that are also interdisciplinary.  For example, they work together because we may read topics in American History and have to debate the topic as well as write a persuasive essay on it.

Interdisciplinary assignments help students understand both areas of subject content.  In my own experience, my Inquiry class and Media Studies courses are linked together this semester.  The students that are in the Inquiry course are also in the Media Studies course so they are linked together.