Course Number: ED304
Course Title: Science Methods
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
General
The student will be able to:
1. Define science and demonstrate the
scientific method.
2. Develop a conceptual sense of appropriate science curriculum for Micronesia.
3. Develop a realization of the value of environmental studies in science.
4. Teach conservation and health concepts in Micronesian science curriculum.
5. Teach science as an integrated curriculum activity.
Specific
1. Following lecture each
student will be able to explain the differences between science and
non-scientific methods and to
demonstrate the scientific methods
1a. Define Science.
1b. Explain the differences between
science and religion.
1c. Demonstrate understanding of
how the Scientific Method works.
2. Student will be able to describe the scope of
the science curriculum
in the FSM School system K-8.
2a. Describe the scope and
sequence of the standard science
curriculum in the FSM States from
K-8.
2b. Tell the differences between the
US National Science Standards and
the FSM science standards.
3. Following lecture and demonstration each
student will be able to
describe graphically the probable geological
evolution of his island,
in terms of modern theories.
3a. Describe how the islands were
formed.
3b. Enumerate modern theories
relating to probable evolution of an
island.
4. Each student will identify and prepare a
resource inventory in
English and vernacular of at least 100 species of
plants, birds,
reptiles and amphibians, mammals, insects or
marine organisms
of his/her island environment which could be used
for science
teaching.
4a. Name plants in English and
Vernacular.
4b. Name birds, reptiles,
amphibians, mammals, and insects
in English and Vernacular.
4c. Name marine organisms in
English and Vernacular.
5. Following ecology studies, each student will
describe, in writing
and graphically, ecological interpretations using
organisms of his
own island environment, terrestrial, marine, or a
combination of
these, using concern of bio-diversity and food
webs.
5a. Student will describe ecological
interpretations using organisms of
his own island environment.
6. Students will create a working science
vocabulary and
instructional aids suitable for use in elementary
school science
teaching.
6a. Compile a working science
vocabulary for use in science
teaching.
6b. Develop instructional aids for a
science classroom.
7. Each student will demonstrate six teaching
strategies including
integration, data, census collecting procedures,
measurement, and
collection and observation skills.
7a. Develop and teach a lesson on
the six teaching strategies in
science.
8. Following demonstration and practical
experience each student will
be able to demonstrate at least three ways of
using math skills
in
science lessons.
8a. Develop a lesson plan using
math skills in science.
9. Students will be able to design an elementary
school science lesson
for a specific grade level using one of the
following:
incorporating
measurement, estimation of distance, thermometer
reading,
English and metric measurement, census taking and
extrapolation, and probability.
9a. Develop and teach a lesson on
the following: incorporating
measurement, estimation of
distance, thermometer reading,
English
and Metric Measurement,
Census taking and extrapolation,
and probability.
10. Student will orally express his/her own
personal value and
attitude towards conservation problem remedies,
through
simulation
exercises in a dramatization.
10a. Discuss conservation and
conservation problems orally
through drama for presentation.
11. Demonstrate skill in elementary school
science lesson planning by
writing at least five lesson plans.
11a. Write elementary school
science lesson plans.
12. Each student will demonstrate his/her
recognition and readiness
to use at least three different methods of
science teaching, such
as:
lecture, modeling, problem solving, inquiry
approach, and data
interpretation, of a combined approach.
12a. Demonstrate readiness in
using methods of science teaching,
such as lecture, modeling, problem
solving approach and data
interpretation, of a combined approach.
13. If possible, student will demonstrate
acquired science teaching skill
in practicum experience with elementary school
children,
including
lesson planning, lesson preparation, instruction
to children and
teaching evaluation by self and instructor.
13a. Teach a lesson using acquired
science teaching skills in a
practicum experience with
Elementary children.
14. Students will demonstrate a method of
instruction at appropriate
grade levels of the following: water cycles,
nitrogen cycles,
weather
and climate, elements of the planet, chemical and
physical change,
sensory learning.
14a. Identify a method of
instruction to be used in teaching
water cycles, nitrogen cycles,
weather and climate, elements of
the
planet, chemical and physical
and sensory learning.