Dr. Edith Davis: Using InTeGrate materials in GLY 2001 – Earth & Space Science 001, 002, and 003 at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

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Introductory course.

27, 27, 35

students

16 weeks 1:15 Min Per class period

Dr. Edith G. Davis Earth and Space Science Spring 2018 Syllabus (Microsoft Word 344kB Jul17 18)

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Integrated application of the scientific principles and theories in the study of the earth's building blocks, the earth's internal process, the global ocean, the earth's atmosphere, weather pattern, the solar system and beyond the solar system

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The Whole Student

A holistic approach will be the most intensive and enriching experience for the students. The students will learn that the subjects of Earth and Space Science can impacts all spheres of their lives. We are teaching the whole person. We must understand that when we are teaching Earth and Space Science, we will also teach the student life skills and that Earth and Space Science should be fun and relevant to the students' world.

Overall Goals of the Course

Objectives

Upon completing this course, you should be able to:
1) Design, teach and assess inquiry-based science.
2) Explain each of the top (letter) level strands of the Sunshine State Standards for science, Common Core State Standard as well as representative standards within each strand as well as the Next Generation Science Standards once adopted by the state.
3) Defend your classroom curricular, instructional and assessment decisions for science in relation to High Stake Testing pressures.
4) Make connections between standards-based content, student lived experiences, and issues of equity and social justice.
5) Understand and explain how students reason and construct meaning during inquiry tasks and what this understanding implies for your teaching of science.
6) Use a range of educational technologies in your teaching of science.
7) Synthesize and apply all of the above in the context of the final.

Creating a Thirst for more knowledge about the Earth's Interface between Water, Earth's Surface and Human Activity.

I used the InTeGrate Modules and Courses >Interactions between Water, Earth's Surface, and Human Activity > Unit 1: Hydrologic Cycle Module to Enhance my Earth Science classes. One of the world's major challenges is the management of fresh water. Fresh water is one of the most precious commodities on Planet Earth. The InTeGrate Hydrology Cycle Module enabled me to give the students a REAL WORLD Experience in the classroom.

Relationship of InTeGrate Materials to my Course

My course is 16 weeks. The module was introduced after the Midterm Exam. The InTeGrate Module was integrated in the following line up:

• Science Environmental Science
• Earth and Space Science High Level Overview
• Earth's Structure
• Earth's Changing Surface
• Earth's Ecology
• Earth's Natural Resources and the Environment
• Water on Earth
• Implemented InTeGrate Materials - Unit 1: Hydrologic Cycle
• Lesson Plans That Develops Critical Thinking
• Teaching Science Equitably to All Children
• Building Assessment into Instruction

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Assessments

Outcomes

The vision I had by using the InTeGrate Module on the Hydrologic Cycle was to make the Science come alive and also make it relevant to their everyday lives. My goal was to have them wanting to learn more. The goals were achieved demonstrated by the questions that were asked and the essays many of them wrote based on the InTeGrate Module.

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