Students learn how scientific terms are formed using Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes, and on that basis, learn to make an educated guess about the meaning of a word. Students are introduced to the role played by metaphor in language development.

Concepts

engineering, etymology, figurative language, metaphors, stem, word origins

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Additional Tags

weather words, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, latin and greek roots, teachengineering, prefix, suffix

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

L.4.4.b L.5.4.b L.6.4.b L.5.5.b L.4.5.b