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In Class Topics |
Required Reading for the following week |
Assignments Due |
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Week 1 Aug. 30 |
What is Science?
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(1) Course Syllabus, Assignments, and Requirements |
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Week 2 |
5 E's in the Science Classroom
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(1) Benchmarks: Chap.
12 read online (2) National Science Education Standards: Chap. 2 download or read online (3) All Children, Chap. 2: download or read online (4) Sample Questions for your Investigation: download Elementary Research Manual, download Experiment Rubric, download Experiment Schedule download |
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Week 3 Sept. 13 |
How Children Learn
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(1) Benchmarks: Chap. 3 read
online (2) Standards: Chap. 3 download or read online (3) All Children, Chap. 3: download or read online (4) Pathways, pp. 35-41 (5) Experiment Schedule download pdf |
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Week 4 Sept. 20 |
Developing a Constructivist
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(1) Benchmarks: Chap. 4 read
online (2) Standards: Chap. 4 download or read online (3) All Children, Chap. 5: download or read online (4) Pathways, pp. 28-33 |
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Week 5 Sept. 27 |
Learning Environment
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(1) Benchmarks: Chap. 2 read
online (2) Standards: Chap. 7 download or read online (3) All Children, Chap. 5: download or read online (4) Pathways, pp. 43-57 (5) Read about Two-Way Tables online |
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Week 6 Oct.4 |
Physical Science
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(1) Benchmarks: Chap. 5 read
online (2) Standards: Chap. 6 download or read online (3) All Children, Chap. 6: download or read online (4) Pathways, pp. 59-69 |
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Week 7 Oct. 11 |
Life Science |
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Week 8 Oct. 18 |
Midterm
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Week 9 Oct. 25 |
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Week 10 Nov. 1 |
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Week 11 Nov. 8 |
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Week 12 Nov. 15 |
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Week 13 Nov. 22 |
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Week 14 Nov. 29 |
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Week 15 Dec. 6 |
Prepare for Science Fair |
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Week 16 Dec. 13 |
Final - Science Fair |