Department of Physics, University of Utah

REPRESENTATIVE TEXTBOOK

All text material are provided in class. No purchase is required.
 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Because of the time demands of practicing teachers this methods course is a 2-week summer workshop that runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day of the week. This course is designed to meet the in-service needs of practicing secondary science teachers or the certification requirements of pre-service students in a secondary science certification program. All course content reflects the Utah State Core Science Curriculum document as it relates specifically to the core science curriculum taught in grades 7 through 9 and the collection of "Intended Learning Outcomes" that are the learning objectives for all the targeted grades. Specific activities include basic physical science: waves, sound, electricity and magnetism, various aspects of mechanics, heat and thermal physics, and aspects of chemistry. Creative problem solving is an underlying course focus. During the 2-week workshop each student will receive a large supply of science material and documentation which they can use directly in their classes. In some cases those materials will amount to complete experimental set for full classroom use; and in other cases demonstration materials. The documentation will provide construction details on building many of the materials the participants are given, complete lesson plans for their use, and many articles that relate to science teaching in the affected grades.
 

PRE-, CO-REQUISITE

None
 

OTHER COMMENTS

Students are graded on course participation, the presentation of a complete lesson, and the submission of a resource file related to some science topic each course participant selects. The course is team taught by college faculty and public schools science teachers.