Course+Outline


 * __Course Outline__**: The following is a class by class outline of the topics and some of the activities we will be covering in the course.

**Class #2: The Importance of Measurement in Science**, The Metric Systems and Bill Nye on Measurement, The Parachute Inquiry Lesson.
 * Class # 1: Welcome and Introduction**, The Nature of Science, The Standards Movement in Science Education, Trends in Science Education, Search for Solutions video, Student Info, Syllabus, Demonstration of Real Time Data Collection (GoTemp!), Data Tables and Graphing, [|Create a Graph].

**Class #3**: **(Physical Science #1)** - **Properties of Matter**, Density Inquiry Based Activity **Class #4**:**(Physical Science #2)** - **Forces and Motion**, Motion Inquiry Based Activity with Motion Detector **Class #5**: **(Physical Science #3)** - **Electricity and Energy and __Student Demonstrations__** Physical Science **Class #6**: **(Physical Science #4)** - **Computer Simulations and Online Resources** of Physical Science, Creating Student Starter Pages

**Class # 7**: **(Earth and Space Science #1)** - **Our Solar System**, Making and Using an **Astrolabe** **Class # 8**: (**Earth and Space Science #2)** - **Earth's Changing Surface** [plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes], **Crater Inquiry** Activity **Class # 9**: (**Earth and Space Science #3)** - **MIDTERM**, Earth and Space Science Computer Simulations and Student Starter Pages. **Class #10**: **(Earth and Space Science #4)** - __**Student Demonstrations**__ of Earth and Space Science Topics, Earth's History.

**Class #11**: **(Life Science #1)** - **Characteristics of Life and Organisms**, Pinto Bean (seed) Inquiry Activity, Microscopes **Class #12**: **(Life Science #2)** - **Life Cycles of Organisms**, Start Brine Shrimp Inquiry Activity, Flower Dissection **Class#13**: **(Life Science #3)** - **Habitat and Organisms**, Adaptations Inquiry Activity, and Bill Nye Ecosystems, Check the brine shrimp, Teaching Ecology with hope **Class #14**: **(Life Science #4)** - __**Student Demonstrations**__ of Life Science Concepts, Life Science Computer Simulations.

**Class #15**: Final Exam Class:1)**Science Education Portfolio** turned in, and **LIFE SCIENCE __Student Demonstrations__**