PAB visit (Nov/8/02): Pg 14
Physics
123: How The World Works
A science class for elementary education majors
A science class for elementary education majors
lCurrent “Physical Science”
requirements is 2 Gen-Ed’s
è Students usually take Nutrition &
Geography
è Most
are very intimidated by “hard” science.
lK-4 Education Standards
say elementary school teachers should know how to teach quite a
bit of physics:
è Properties of matter, forces & motion,
heat, sound, light, electricity,
magnets…
lWe are designing a new
3-hr “PS Gen Ed” class targeting these students (about
150/year).
è Using
inquiry based teaching (working with Ed. College).
è Each
Week:
»2
hour inquiry based lab (Monday)
»Web
based homework & instructor feed-back
»1
hour lecture/discussion (Friday)