1. THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE Making sense of words like Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoc oniosis

2. WHY DO WE CARE? How does it help me?

3. Language of Science Helps with tests Helps when studying Reduced stress

4. Language of science How do we make sense of words like Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis The same way you eat steak We need to break it down into smaller bites. We call those bites prefixes and suffixes

5. Language of Science Prefix Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning.* Something that you put in front of a word to change it. Suffix Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added.* Something that comes after a word to change it.

6. Language of Science Prefix Examples Organize + re = Reorganize In + active = Inactive Fore + warn = Forewarn Suffix Examples Kind + ly = Kindly Dog + s = Dogs Gentle + ness = Gentleness

7. LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE Using Prefixes and Suffixes to decode

8. Language of Science We can take a complicated word and break it up into its different parts Look for prefixes and suffixes Once we know what the prefixes and suffixes mean we can guess at the meaning

9. Language of Science We start with a word like Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Then we break it up into prefixes and suffixes Pneumono-ultra-micro-scopic-silico-volcano-coni-osis Pnuemono – Lung Ultra – far side of, beyond Micro – extremely small Scopic – range of view Silico – has to do with silicon Volcano - Inflammation Con - with Osis – actions, conditions or states

10. Language of Science Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis An inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling ultramicroscopic (really really small) silicon

11. LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE Putting it into practice

12. Language of Science Mesoderm

13. Language of Science Hyperthermic

14. Language of Science Hydrometer

15. Language of Science Benthoscope

16. Language of Science Neolith

17. Language of Science Hydrolysis

18. Language of Science Equate

19. Language of Science Electrophoresis

20. Language of Science Photograph

21. Language of Science Terraform

23. Language of Science References Dictionary.com - Free Online English Dictionary. (n.d.). Dictionary.com - Free Online English Dictionary. Retrieved August 24, 2013, from http://dictionary.reference.com/ Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved August 24, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilic ovolcanoconiosis The Biology Corner. (n.d.). The Biology Corner. Retrieved August 24, 2013, from http://www.biologycorner.com/