A HANDS ON AND FIELD BASED SCIENCE METHODS COURSE

Southeastern Section–56th Annual Meeting (29–30 March 2007)
Paper No. 34-7

Presentation Time: 3:40 PM-4:00 PM

A HANDS ON AND FIELD BASED SCIENCE METHODS COURSE
DARRELL, James H. II, Geology/Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, jdarrell@georgiasouthern.edu and SCHRIVER, Martha L., Department of Teaching and Learning, Georgia Southern Univ, Statesboro, GA 30460, MSchriver@GaSoU.edu We are describing the collaboration between a College of Science and Technology faculty member and a College of Education faculty member in a Middle Grades Science Methods course. Through the use of lectures, demonstrations, hands on activities, and field trips the two faculty members use their individual backgrounds to improve the teaching of science in the public school classroom. Since the Middle Grades curriculum at Georgia Southern University is an interdisciplinary, many non-science majors are required to take the science methods course. As result these students are exposed to scientific concepts, history and applications that can be used in their classrooms. A byproduct of this collaboration is the demonstration of a team teaching. All materials and projects in this course must meet the State of Georgia Department of Education Performance Standards.
Southeastern Section–56th Annual Meeting (29–30 March 2007) General Information for this Meeting

Session No. 34 Field-Based Science Education: In Honor of Teachers of Science Hyatt Regency Savannah on the Historic Riverfront: Ballroom F 1:40 PM-4:20 PM, Friday, 30 March 2007 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 2, p. 91
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