SCED 3308 - Foundatns of Elementary Sci. I

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours Lecture: 3
Contact Hours Lab: 0

First course in a series of two in required science content sequence for preservice elementary and middle school teachers. Topics covered will include the following TEA science competencies: History & Nature of Science; Impact of Science; Concepts & Processes; Forces & Motion; Physical & chemical Properties; Energy & Interactions; Energy Transformation & Conservation; Structure & Function of Living Things; Reproduction & the Mechanisms of Heredity. Emphasis on problem-solving as a pedagogical tool with integration of manipulative-based explorations. For elementary education majors only. Offered fall.

Equivalencies: SCER 3308

Campus: ALP

Texas Common Core:
Course Level: Junior