The Language of Science

(1.1) Biology Vocabulary

• Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes in Biology 

• Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms 

• Botanary - research meanings of latin names for plants such as those identified by Norm in iNaturalist

(1.2) Chemistry Vocabulary

• Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes in Chemistry

(1.3) Physics Vocabulary

• Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes in Physics

(1.4) Earth and Space Science Vocabulary

• Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes in Earth and Space Science

(1.5) Health Vocabulary

• Use ChatGPT or other Large Language Model to create a table of health terms for a secondary school health class with these main areas: (1) Nutrition and Physical Activity; (2) Growth, Development, and Sexual Health, (3) Injury Prevention and Safety; (4) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs; (5) Mental, Emotional, and Social Health; (6) Personal and Community Health.  In column 1 put the term.  In column 2 put the definition.  In column 3 put the root words found in these terms and their definitions.

• Import the results into a spreadsheet.  Example. 

Activities

• Vocabulary of science

• Academic Language of Science

• Science Bingo (Sourcebook 13.3)

Additional Resources

• Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms - by Borror

• One Look: look up examples where prefixes, suffixes, and roots are used. Use an asterisk (*) for a wild card. Thus *ion searches for all words with the ion suffix, while micro* searches for all words with the micro prefix

• Behind the Name: Learn the etymology of names

• Acronymfinder: Determine the meaning of acronyms

• Roget's Thesaurus: Related words and concepts.

• Translation: Translate words and phrases into different languages

• History of English Language: Understand the relationship of English to other languages