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| SCIE120:
Scientific
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Discovering with Technology for
Grades 6-8 Design science lesson plans that use technology
to allow students to record and communicate on-site data
collection, analyses, and investigative results. Acquire
mobile technology for your classroom.
(30 hours) |
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| SCIE130:
Fostering
Collaboration, Inquiry, and Critical Thinking in Middle
School Science (Grades 5-8): |
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Use technology-enhanced critical
thinking and cooperative learning strategies to encourage
middle school science students to ask questions, collaborate
with others, and explore and evaluate data.
(30 hours) |
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| SCIE500:
Teaching
Elementary Life Science (Grades K-5) :
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Enhance your understanding and
teaching of life science. In addition to developing content
knowledge, you will be introduced to the constructivist
learning model, learn a range of effective teaching methodologies
and experience a media-rich learning environment which
you can use with your students.
(45 hours) |
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| SCIE504:
Plants and Animals (Grades K-5) :
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Lead your students' examination
of how the structures and functions of plants and animals
help them meet their needs as living things. Explore strategies
for the use of concept maps and effective uses of live
plants and animals in the classroom to present plants
as producers and animals as consumers.
(30 hours) |
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| SCIE510:
Teaching Middle School
Life Science (Grades 6-8) :
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Experience the constructivist-learning
model firsthand as you deepen your knowledge of the entire
range of life science topics-from the structure and function
of organisms and cells, to applied genetics and natural
selection. This course incorporates inquiry, methodology,
and meta-cognitive strategies for learning and teaching,
including scientific reasoning, prediction, and abstract
and critical thinking to maximize the impact of your science
curriculum.
(45 hours) |
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| SCIE520:
Teaching
High School Biology (Grades 9-12)
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Learn inquiry-based approaches
to teaching standards-based science topics, including
genetics, evolution, and cell biology. Gain practice using
multimedia to explore novel learning environments and
methodologies that foster student interest, involve them
in the research process, advance their critical thinking
skills, and develop their conceptual understanding.
(45 hours) |
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| SCIE524:
Teaching
About Genetics (Grades 9-12) :
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Provide your students with a
deep and meaningful understanding of genetics by learning
to employ content knowledge, sound teaching strategies,
and real-life case studies. You'll explore methods to
identify the challenging topics and "big ideas"
in genetics and discover new resources and strategies
to approach them.
(30 hours) |
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| SCIE530:
Teaching Elementary Physical Science (Grades
K-5) :
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Enhance your understanding and
teaching of physical science by exploring the concepts
of motion, force, and matter that are part of daily life.
Learn to incorporate observation, discourse, and experimentation
into classroom lessons.
(45 hours) |
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| SCIE540:
Teaching
Middle School Physical Science (Grades 6-8) :
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Deepen your understanding of
the science concepts needed to teach standards-based curricula
at the middle school level. Increase your content knowledge
about the physical science topics of energy transfer,
light and waves, heat transfer, and density and solubility.
Learn methods and metacognitive strategies for learning
and teaching, including scientific reasoning, prediction,
and abstract and critical thinking to optimize your science
teaching experiences.
(45 hours) |
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| SCIE550:
Teaching High School
Physical Science (Grades 9-12) :
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Learn inquiry-based methods
and strategies to teaching the standards-based science
topics that teachers and students find most challenging,
including atomic and molecular structure, chemical reactions,
motions and forces, and the electromagnetic spectrum.
Use multimedia to explore novel learning environments
and methodologies that foster student interest, involve
them in the research process, advance their critical thinking
skills, and develop their conceptual understanding.
(45 hours) |
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| SCIE560:
Teaching Earth and Space Science (Grades 6-12)
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Master the principles of constructivist
learning and exploration-based science instruction as
you gain a comprehensive understanding of earth and space
science to drive your students' success. You will develop
content knowledge about Earth as a system, landform processes,
Earth's history, the Sun-Earth-Moon system, and weather
and climate, and discover a range of effective methods
and strategies to approach these topics.
(45 hours) |
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| SCIE564:
Structure of the Earth System (Grades 6-12)
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Develop content knowledge about
landform processes, data sets, and mapping tools while
you learn effective teaching methodologies, strategies,
and tools for use in teaching earth and space science
concepts. Uncover the processes that account for the Earth's
ever-changing appearance, and investigate how the rock
cycle connects to these processes.
(30 hours) |
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| SCIE568:
Weather
and Climate (Grades 6-12) :
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Examine the causes of weather
and explore technological advances to monitor weather.
Consider the impact of human activity on climate change.
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