Room: Latham 111 Email: Time: M & W - 10:00 to 11:50 Office: Latham 124 F - 10:00 to 10:50 Phone: 273-2809 Text: 2nd Edition by Office Hours: MW 1-2 & 3-4, W 9-10, F The Good Earth, McConnell, Steer, Knight, & Owens 11-12 & 1-2 or by Course Webpage: UNI eLearning appointment Instructor: Dr. Kyle Gray Course Objectives Your liberal arts education - Courses in natural science promote an understanding of science as a human process that investigates matter and energy acting within complex organic and inorganic systems. Fundamental principles of both physical and life sciences are included. Specifically - Obtain experience utilizing the scientific method (observation, hypotheses, experimentation, interpretation, and theory) and develop a better understanding of the nature of science Gain a fundamental understanding of the Earth and Space Science concepts Explore alternate concepts held by children Demonstrate effective methods for conducting inquiry-based pedagogies that can be duplicated in a K-5 setting. Provide information that will give you a to go out and actively explore basic ‘tool kit’ your environment and interpret articles/video of earth science publications. Prepare you for taking additional earth science courses, allowing you to further explore what you find most fascinating. Expectations I expect the following from each student. Attend every class Make an appointment to see me if Read the book BEFORE class you are struggling with the course Study outside of class * Do your best * This is a 4 credit course, so you will be expected to devote a use a amount of substantial time outside of class to completing the course requirements. On average, UNI expects you to devote 2 hours outside of class for each hour you attend class. For Inquiry into Earth that formula results in 10 hours of study/homework time per week. Your actual Science, weekly workload may be less than this for some weeks, but you will need to devote more than a couple of hours per week if you want to succeed in this course.
Room: Latham 111 Time: M & W - 10:00 to 11:50 F - 10:00 to 10:50 Text: The Good Earth, 2nd Edition by McConnell, Steer, Knight, & Owens Course Webpage: UNI eLearning Instructor: Dr. Kyle Gray Email: Office: Latham 124 Phone: 273-2809 Office Hours: MW 1-2 & 3-4, W 9-10, F 11-12 & 1-2 or by appointment Course Objectives Your liberal arts education - Courses in natural science promote an understanding of science as a human process that investigates matter and energy acting within complex organic and inorganic systems. Fundamental principles of both physical and life sciences are included. Specifically - Obtain experience utilizing the scientific method (observation, hypotheses, experimentation, interpretation, and theory) and develop a better understanding of the nature of science Gain a fundamental understanding of the Earth and Space Science concepts Explore alternate concepts held by children Demonstrate effective methods for conducting inquiry-based pedagogies that can be duplicated in a K-5 setting. Provide information that will give you a basic ‘tool kit’ to go out and actively explore your environment and interpret articles/video of earth science publications. Prepare you for taking additional earth science courses, allowing you to further explore what you find most fascinating. Expectations I expect the following from each student. Attend every class Read the book BEFORE class Study outside of class * Make an appointment to see me if you are struggling with the course Do your best * This is a 4 credit course, so you will be expected to devote a use a substantial amount of time outside of class to completing the course requirements. On average, UNI expects you to devote 2 hours outside of class for each hour you attend class. For Inquiry into Earth Science, that formula results in 10 hours of study/homework time per week. Your actual weekly workload may be less than this for some weeks, but you will need to devote more than a couple of hours per week if you want to succeed in this course.
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