Maximize the Impact Practical information helps prepare for your future. Throughout this text, special features highlight how computer programming is useful in a variety of subject areas and situations. These cross-curricular connections are demonstrated across other areas of study, such as math, language arts, and science. • Math and Java features emphasize the impor- tance of math in programming. This informa- tion provides opportunities for you to apply your math skills to Java coding. • Language Arts and Java features are oppor- tunities to demonstrate creating Java appli- cations that illustrate language arts skills or apply computational thinking to everyday life. • Science and Java features relate how program- ming can be applied to science concepts and projects. viii