ISCI 2002:  Physical Science for Teachers
Summer 2009

Your Professor - Dr. Sam Peavy
                                Roney 206
                                ph: 931-2330

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes: The objective of the course is to permit students majoring in Early Childhood Education an opportunity to acquire knowledge in the physical sciences necessary for teaching grade school science. By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the nature and principles of scientific inquiry and honesty;

• Demonstrate the proper design of scientific experiments;

• Apply knowledge of strategies for observing, collecting, analyzing and communicating scientific data;

• Utilize laboratory equipment safely and properly to demonstrate basic principles of physical science;

• Understand basic principles of physical science and be able to communicate them successfully to others; and

• Correlate new knowledge with specific performance standards.

What you need to Bring on Day One!

• The Textbook! -- Conceptual Integrated Science (1st edition) by Paul G. Hewitt, Suzanne Lyons, John Suchocki and Jennifer Yeh, Publ: Pearson/Addison Wesley, ISBN-13: 978-0805390384
• A scientific calculator (does square roots, trigonometry, etc.)
• A clear, plastic ruler
• Pens AND pencils
• Two notebooks - one for taking notes (any style you wish) and a second for course materials (a three-ring binder and notebook paper). You will be adding handouts, directions for hands-on activities, etc. to this second notebook.

Projects Galore!
Homework Sets!

Links to Fun Places
Hyperphysics - Connect to information on Physics, Chemistry and a whole lot more!
Kitchen Chemistry - Some fun and easy experiments
A Useful Chemistry Text
A Useful Physics Text
Units Galore!

Hammer & Feather Drop (Apollo 15)
Build an Atom!!! - Also contains interesting links to famous scientists