Teacher Development at Grand Valley State University

Teacher Preparation

Courses

• Earth Science in Elementary Education: Course Description and Role in the Program
  This course is an earth science content course in an integrated science teacher preparation sequence.
• Weather for K-8 Pre-service Teachers: Course Description and Role in the Program
  This course is the atmospheric science content course in an integrated science teacher preparation sequence.
• Astronomy for K-8 Pre-service Teachers: Course Description and Role in the Program
  This course is the space science content course in an integrated science teacher preparation sequence.
• Exploring the Hydrosphere: Course Description and Role in the Program
  This course is an earth science content course in an integrated science teacher preparation sequence.
• Earth Science in Secondary Education: Course Description and Role in the Program
  This lecture/lab course is designed to prepare pre-service teachers to teach Earth Science at the secondary level.
• Hydrosphere for K-8 Teachers:Course Description and Role in the Program
  This is an updated version of the Exploring the Hydrosphere course.

Teaching Examples

• Relative Dating of Geologic Materials: Students learn how the geologic timescale was developed.

Teacher Professional Development Programs

None profiled at this time

Other Resources

Dr. Mattox and his colleagues have compiled a database of over 700 children's earth science tradebooks. He has also provided reviews of some of these books as well as a favorites list. Download all three ( 160kB May23 07).

Science Teacher Preparation Contacts

Steve R. Mattox, Ph.D.
Geology and Integrated Science Program
Seymour K. & Esther R. Padnos Hall of Science # 133
One Campus Drive
Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403
616-331-3734 (office)
616-331-3740 (fax)