Cory Kolvinsky
IDS-100
Module 3 Project 1 Lens Chart
Aspects of the
Social Science
Lens
How humans act in social
Key
Characteristics environment.
Social relations,
relationships, societies.
Ways we interact with
people around us.
Human behavior in its
social and cultural
aspects.
Types of
Questions
How did that affect them?
How many are affected?
What is the economic
impact?
How is the earning
potential of different age
groups and/or
populations impacted by
pollution?
Types of
Evidence
Primary and Secondary
sources.
Statistics, Interviews,
Observations and studies.
Natural Science
History
Humanities
Modern method of
understanding the physical
universe based on
observation, hypothesis
formation, and experimental
verification.
Understanding our natural
world through testable
hypotheses.
Common disciplines within
the natural sciences are
astronomy, geology,
chemistry, physics, and
biology, and some crossdisciplines like
oceanography,
environmental science, and
computer science.
What is the material?
How much does it weigh?
What is it made of?
What is the distance?
Story of humanities past.
Can inform the future by
analyzing what
happened and why.
Uses primary sources.
Ability to consistently
support, evaluate and
challenge their own and
others' views using
detailed, appropriate
and accurate historical
evidence derived from a
range of sources.
Includes study of languages,
ethics and arts from different
cultures around the globe.
Identify similarities and
differences between various
cultures around the world.
Studies distinctive human
actions and works.
History, philosophy,
theology, art.
What is the evidence?
When did this occur?
When did it begin?
When did it end?
What was the cultural
impact?
How did this change their
beliefs?
Is there conflict? Why?
What is the artist trying to
say?
What does this tell us about
ourselves?
Primary sources.
Measurements. Peerreviews. Experiments.
Primary sources
Documents, eye-witness
accounts, photographs.
Art, language, literature.
Cory Kolvinsky
IDS-100
Module 3 Project 1 Lens Chart
Commonalities Commonalities:
& Differences
 Social science and natural science both use measurable data. Both seek solutions to
problems.
 Social Science and History: Both study human element. Both look to past.
 Humanities and History both study art, language and culture.
Differences:
 Social science differs from natural science because social science cannot be studied in
controlled environment. Data is not measurable.
 History differs from social science because history creates contributions of the past linked
to present, where social science studies various fields of society.
 Natural science is scientific.