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PHYS-1417-001 Physical Science II
Science course designed for non-science majors with focus on elementary education science instruction methods and content. Primary emphasis will be fundamental concepts of physics, such as force and motion, sound, waves, momentum and heat. May also include integration with chemistry, geology and astronomy.
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Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
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(4 sem hrs; 3 lec, 3 lab)
On Campus Course
PRIMARY: Physics by Inquiry, Volume 2, (McDermott and the University of Washington PEG)
SUPPLEMENTAL: Finkelstein, N.D., W. K. Adams, C. J. Keller, P. B. Kohl, K. K. Perkins, N. S. Podolefsky, and S. Reid & R. LeMaster (2005). When learning about the real world is better done virtually: A study of substituting computer simulations for laboratory equipment, Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research, 1(1), 010103-1-8. Available at: http://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.1.010103
McDermott, L.C. & P.S. Shaffer (1992). Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity, Part I: Investigation of student understanding, American Journal of Physics, 60 (11), 994-1003.
Wosilait, K., Heron, P.R.L., Shaffer, P.S. & McDermott, L.C. (1998). Development and assessment of a research-based tutorial on light and shadow, American Journal of Physics, 66 (10), 906- 913.
This course is lab-focused. All lab materials, such as batteries, wiring, lights, circuit boards, radiation survey instruments, etc., will be supplied.
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Oral Assessments: Certain key experiments and exercises direct you to have your responses checked. Discuss the relevant issues with your partners and prepare a written response. After reviewing it and discussing portions of your response with you, I will either give your response a check (√) or ask you to revise your response. In general, you should not proceed to the next experiment or exercise until you have been “checked off.”
Notebook: You will need to keep a notebook of your observations about your work with summaries of important results. You will be asked to summarize the main findings of each day’s work, identifying the key events that led to those findings, and sometimes discuss how they apply to a specific problem or question. It is an important resource for your reflection essays and should help you study for exams. Each class day you will upload a copy of your notes to Blackboard.
Final Lesson Plan
There will be NO final exam in this course. Since this is a course oriented to Education majors, the major deliverable will be the writing and presentation of a 5E lesson plan with alignments to TEKS and/or CCRS. Guidance will be given regarding this process as the course gets underway. In this way, you will have a lesson plan that you can teach as well as one that you may wish to add to your licensure portfolio.
Homework: Homework problems will be due at the time of each class meeting. You are encouraged to work with your team on them. Time at the start of each class will be devoted to checking over your homework in groups. You should work to make sure that everyone has all the problems complete and understands the solutions. Each time we rotate groups, you will provide feedback on the contributions you made and your team members made to the group’s success.
Essay Assignments: This course is designed to promote reflection on learning and understanding. A great deal of emphasis is placed on your ability to provide a written discussion of the concepts you are studying, as well as the reasoning you use to arrive at your conclusions. Several scaffolded essay assignments will be given during the course that will contribute to your final lesson plan. All work on papers should be done individually. Any material that you include that is not in your own words must be cited clearly as to its source and you should give credit for ideas that originate from another source. Using another person’s words or ideas (including those posted on the Internet!) without due credit is plagiarism and is a violation of College rules.
Grades will be based on percentage of points earned as follows:
| A | 89.5 to 100 |
| B | 79.5 to 89.49 |
| C | 69.5 to 79.49 |
| D | 59.5 to 69.49 |
| F | below 59.49 |
Grades will be determined using the following percentages:
The work in this course is largely hands-on and will be done in groups. Therefore, it is mandatory that you attend class sessions as arranged. In the case of an excused absence (documented College business, illness, family or personal emergency, religious observances), please contact the instructor and your partners as soon as possible, preferably in advance, to arrange a makeup session, preferably during a scheduled make-up time. Unexcused absences will result in a loss of credit for in-class checkouts.
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