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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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

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

Western Washington University: Matter & Energy in Earth Systems part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Matter & Energy in Earth Systems is the earth science component of a series of courses designed to teach K-8 pre-service teachers fundamental content while modeling inquiry-based learning through an in depth ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth System Science

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

Winona State University: Earth - The Water Planet part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This interdisciplinary course is the first of two science content courses specifically designed for elementary education majors (K-5). It is team-taught by two science faculty from Geoscience, Physics, Chemistry, ...

Course Type: Intro Level

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

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

University of New Mexico - Geobotany part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This field-based course for pre- and in-service teachers was modified from an upper-level Botany course to focus on earth and life science content as described in the revised 2003 New Mexico Science Standards. For ...

Course Type: Upper Level

Western Michigan University: Earth Science for Elementary Educators II part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This laboratory-based course is specifically designed for prospective elementary teachers and covers physical/historical geology content with reference to state elementary (K-8) benchmarks. The objectives of the ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth Science

Western Washington University: Investigative Science part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Investigative Science serves as an interdisciplinary capstone course for pre-service teachers who have completed the year-long Matter and Energy in Earth Systems, Physical Systems and Biological Systems sequence. ...

Course Type: Upper Level:Teaching Methods