3.00 Credits
Required for all Elementary Education students. Teacher candidates will develop effective and inclusive instructional methods and assessments for diverse K-8 students that integrate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Utah Science with Engineering Standards (SEEd) curriculum. This course is designated as an Active Learning Professional Practice (ALPP) course. This course allows students to explore and apply content learned in the course in a professional experience away from the classroom. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the nature of science and technology, major themes, science applications, and socio-cultural considerations in K-8 science and its value in society. 2. Describe the intellectual, physical and socio-cultural nature of the learner conceptions of science and nature that acknowledges intellectual, gender, and cultural diversities of K-8 students. 3. Demonstrate the proper use of science applications (processes, skills, thinking strategies, habits of mind) and state how these are learned by K-8 students. 4. Demonstrate knowledge about cultural inclusion, differentiation, and safety in the design and application of K-8 science curricula and instructional resources. 5. Demonstrate knowledge about and applications of creative problem solving, plausible reasoning, write-to-learn, and content reading strategies in K-8 science. 6. Develop and apply instructional approaches, teaching strategies, assessment techniques, and support materials that are compatible with the nature of science and technology, interactive-constructive learning model, intellectual, physical and socio-cultural nature of the learner and society along with the Utah Science with Engineering Standards (SEEd) for grades K-8. Prerequisites: Admission to the Elementary Education Program. FA, SP