Great question and that IS the point in my opinion...teaching science and history redirects us back to God who created it all. When I was younger, I used to wonder why there is so much order in the universe? Why does the sun rise and set on a consistent basis every day? To me, there had to be an extraordinary creator/designer (or "Architect" as it was put in "The Matrix") of a world so complex and that vibes with Christianity's teaching of who God is. In addition to his loving character, there are many scientific aspects to his character: He is all-knowing/omniscient. He is all-powerful/omnipotent and He is everywhere at the same time/omnipresent. He is like science itself: multidimensional and multi-layered (in fact He is triune...three "persons" in one) so it makes sense to me personally that God would be the ultimate architect of everything. And in studying quantum physics and quantum mechanics, the Many Worlds hypothesis correlates with the existence of God, it's just not some hocus pocus when you study how quantum theory works.
From a historical standpoint, I started studying eschatology last year because I was amazed at how many things predicted in Bible prophecy found especially in the books of Daniel, Isaiah, Revelation, and Ezekiel are coming true right now in our present time so for me the point of teaching science and history serves to draw us into closer relationship with (and a better understanding of) God if we allow it. This is just from my personal perspective though.