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Teacher Preparation Courses

Here, you can browse and search through the profiles we have developed for example teacher preparation courses that are being conducted around the country. Profiles include such information as course goals and content, instructor contact information, and teaching materials used in the course.

There is also a single profile of a a complete degree program in Geology and Earth Science Education .

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Grand Valley State University: Hydrospere For K-8 Teachers part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Introduction to how the hydrosphere works emphasizing a descriptive approach. Includes river, groundwater, glacial, ocean, and shoreline systems and human interaction with those systems. For Dr. Mattox's ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth Science

California State University Northridge: Liberal Studies Science Experience Capstone Course part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This laboratory course serves as a culminating science experience for Liberal Studies majors in the pre-credential and ITEP options. An interdisciplinary blend of biology, physics, chemistry, and earth and space ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth Science

University of the Pacific - Earth System Science part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
An introduction to the study of the Earth using a systems approach. The focus will be on the subsystems (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) and the dynamic interactions between them. The approach will ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth System Science

Eastern Michigan University - Methods for Teaching Secondary Earth Science part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This class will introduce the student to: science content standards, hands-on activities, demos, laboratory organization, projects, assessments, differentiation, writing in science, technology, and homework. The ...

Course Type: Intro Level

Central Washington University - Pacific Northwest Geology part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
The course has a duel role of providing future secondary earth science teaching majors with more detailed geologic content knowledge of the Pacific NW (where most of them end up teaching) and providing them ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Physical Geology, Upper Level:Teaching Methods

State University of New York at Oneonta: Laboratory Investigations in Earth Science part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This course is designed to provide students with opportunities and experiences that will enable them to teach inquiry-based earth science. The focus is on the unifying concepts and processes of science as applied ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth Science, Upper Level:Teaching Methods

Brigham Young University: Earth Science for Elementary Education Majors part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This is the second part of a 2-semester sequence on the physical sciences required for Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education majors. The first course in the sequence covers principles of chemistry and ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth Science

University of Delaware, Newark: Science Semester part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Science Semester is an interdisciplinary course offered to Elementary Education Majors. Students concurrently enroll in 4 different topics courses: Principles of Biology (BISC 104), Elementary Curriculum-Science ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth System Science

Minnesota State University, Mankato: Earth Science Teaching Methods part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Earth Science Teaching Methods is the capstone methods course for pre-service earth science teachers taken prior to the onset of student teaching. The goal is to prepare students for successful entry into an earth ...

Course Type: Upper Level:Teaching Methods

Grand Valley State University: Weather for K-8 Preservice Teachers part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Weather for K-8 Pre-service Teachers is the atmospheric science content course in the integrated science teacher development sequence. The course uses hands-on, inquiry-based laboratory experiments in a combined ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Meteorology