SCI601 NATURAL SELECTION AND EVOLUTION (1.0 sh)
Provides content background which elementary and middle school teachers need to effectively teach the tenets of Darwinian natural selection and evolution.  Other topics, including population genetics, sexual selection and altruism, molecular evolution, human origins, and extinction, will be presented using inquiry-based pedagogy and will stress the processes of science.  Although topics such as creationism and intelligent design will be considered briefly, the focus of this offering will be evolution as manifest in biological systems.  This course is founded upon both the National Science Education Standards and the Pennsylvania Science and Technology Standards.

SCI602 PLANT ADAPTATIONS AND SURVIVAL (1.0 sh)
Examines a variety of anatomical, morphological, life cycle, and physiological adaptations that contribute to growth, survival, and reproduction of plants.  These adaptations allow plants to successfully survive in various environments and are a basis for biodiversity.  The course is founded upon the National Science Education Standards, Pennsylvania Science and Technology Standards and the Pennsylvania Ecology and Environmental Standards and provides content knowledge which is pertinent to elementary and middle school classroom instruction.

SCI603 GENETIC CONCEPTS (1.0 sh)
Reviews basic concepts in Mendelian (transmission), molecular, and evolutionary genetics through hands-on activities, projects, and discussions.  This course is based on the National Science Education Standards and the Pennsylvania Science and Technology Standards, and provides content knowledge pertinent to elementary and middle school classroom instruction.

SCI604 WETLANDS ECOLOGY (1.0 sh)
Provides content background which elementary and middle school teachers need to effectively teach concepts related to wetland habits, species and ecology.  Wetland structure and function will be presented using inquiry-based pedagogy.  This course is founded upon both the National Science Education Standards, the Pennsylvania Science and Technology Standards and the Ecology and Environmental Standards and provides content knowledge which is pertinent to elementary and middle school classroom instruction.

SCI640 WATER RESOURCES (1.0 sh)
Provides advanced content background that elementary and middle school teachers need to teach effectively the principles of water resources.  This course is founded upon the National Science Education Standards, Pennsylvania Science and Technology Standards, and Pennsylvania Ecology and Environment Standards.

SCI660 SIMPLE MACHINES (1.0 sh)
Provides content background that elementary and middle school teachers need to effectively teach the tenets of simple machines based on the Standards.  Topics addressed in this course (levers, wheel and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges) are presented using inquiry-based pedagogy and stress the processes of science.  This course is founded upon the National Science Education Standards and Pennsylvania Science and Technology Standards.

04/10/2006