Graduate - Clarion University

Clarion University of Pennsylvania 49SCED 505: Investigation in the Sciences 3 s.h.Presents a survey of types of investigations. Emphasizes typical investigations which may be used as models for classroomuse. Students will experiment with published experiments within their discipline and at the appropriate grade level as well asdesign their own. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory. Fall, even-numbered years.SCED 530: Field Biology 3 s.h.Field course designed to acquaint elementary, middle, and secondary teachers with the biological environment outsideof the classroom as it pertains to plants and animals, their collection, identification, preservation, and ecology. Activities thatare applicable to the public school will be provided. Summers, on demand.SCED 531: Field Botany 3 s.h.Gives elementary, middle, and secondary teachers an understanding of the basic aspects of plant science. Emphasizestaxonomy, morphology, and life processes of the flowering and nonflowering plants as they relate to work done in elementaryand secondary schools. Two lecture and two lab hours. Summer, on demand.SCED 532: Field Ornithology 3 s.h.This is primarily a course on the identification and natural history of birds of this area. The primary teaching methods will beillustrated lectures, identification practice via color slides, and field trips. Prerequisite: Basic Biology. Summers, on demand.SCED 534: Field Zoology 3 s.h.Field course designed to acquaint the elementary, middle, and secondary teachers with the biological environment outsidethe classroom as it pertains to animals, their collection, preservation, identification, and ecology. Activities that are applicableto K-12 schools will be provided. Summer, on demand.SCED 535: Field Ecology 3 s.h.Familiarizes elementary, middle, and secondary teachers with the relationships between plants and animals and theirenvironment. Emphasizes field work. Frequent field trips to areas of particular ecological interest in Northwestern Pennsylvania.Five field, laboratory and lecture hours. On demand.SCED 536: Chemistry 3 s.h.Lecture-laboratory course designed to give elementary, middle, and secondary teachers an understanding of basic chemistry.The chemistry of common experience in the public school is explored and the manipulation of chemical apparatus is givenspecial attention. Two laboratory hours. On demand.SCED 537: Physics 3 s.h.Lecture-laboratory course designed to give elementary, middle, and secondary teachers an understanding of basic physics.Areas of concentration are the metric system, properties of matter, mechanics, atomic energy, heat, sound, light, magnetism,and electricity. Particular attention will be provided for the application of these areas to public school sciences. Two lectureand two laboratory hours. On demand.SCED 538: Science Curriculum 3 s.h.This course is designed to come late in the program when the student will have an adequate background for discussionscentered around the various approaches to the teaching of science in the elementary, middle, and secondary schools. A study ofthe principles of curriculum construction, including curriculum origins, goals, objectives, scope and sequence, and evaluation.Spring, annually.SCED 539: Resources and Materials 3 s.h.Gives teachers experience with literature, equipment, and materials used in teaching science in the school. Explores physicaland human resources from national, state, and local communities. Students will be given ample opportunity to develop andtry out teacher-made resources. On demand.SCED 540: Supervision of Science Teaching 3 s.h.Prepares science educators (elementary, middle, junior high, and senior high school teachers) for leadership and supervisoryroles in the improvement of science curricula and instruction. Spring, even-numbered years.SCED 541: Science Specialist Internship in Teaching and Supervision 1-4 s.h.Gives practical experiences in working with teachers and children as a specialist in science teaching, supervising, andassisting in curriculum work. On demand.SCED 550: Astronomy 3 s.h.Deals with the planets and their satellites, including the earth and moon, with comets and meteors, with the sun, the starsand clusters of stars, with the interstellar gas and dust, with the Milky Way, and other galaxies that lie beyond the Milky Way.Includes the fundamental concepts of cosmology and the basic principles of light. Three lecture and/or laboratory hours. Ondemand.SCED 551: Geology 3 s.h.A study of rocks, minerals, and geologic formation as they are related to elementary and secondary school science. Pasthistory of the earth as well as present geologic phenomena are discussed. Fields trips to areas of geologic interest are taken.Two lecture and two field or laboratory work hours. On demand.SCED 552: Geomorphology 3 s.h.A study of the interaction between humans and the physical environment as it is related to elementary and secondaryschool science. On demand.SCED 553: Meteorology 3 s.h.Stresses fundamentals of weather and weather instruments, maps, records, as well as other activities applicable to elementaryand secondary school science. Three lecture and/or laboratory hours. On demand.Education/Reading/Science Education