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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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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

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

Grand Valley State University: Earth Science in Secondary Education part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Earth Science in Secondary Education is designed to prepare students to teach Earth Science at the secondary level. The three-hour combined lecture/lab course requires students to review major content areas in ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth System 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

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

University of New Hampshire - Earth System Science for Teachers part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
This is a new 2 week summer institute/course we are developing as part of our NSF funded GEO-Teach Project. The course will be taught for the first time during the summer of 2007. This summer institute/course is ...

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

Wright State University - Earth Systems part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Earth Systems is a web-enhanced course designed expressly for undergraduates seeking Middle Childhood Licensure with a science concentration. The course is problem based, using Deforestation, Volcanoes, and Global ...

Course Type: Intro Level:Earth System Science

University of Nebraska, Lincoln: Earth Natural Resource Systems part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Courses
Earth Natural Resource Systems is a stand-alone lab science general education course serving a wide student population including pre-service teachers. It is designed as an earth science content course which models ...

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