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2005-2006 School of Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog 
    
2005-2006 School of Graduate and Professional Studies Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SCN 571 - Methods of Teaching Natural Sciences to Children/Field Study


This course is a hands-on learning experience about ecology, life sciences, and physical sciences using the marine ecosystem and marine mammal biology. Food chains, Life and Physical Science, basic oceanographic concepts, animal behavior, general research methods, data assimilation and analysis, and technological applications to education are studied. Classroom and field methods of teaching these concepts to children are integrated in the course. Activities, content, and materials are related to the current Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Science. This course is designed to cover material appropriate for grades K-12.

(Cr 3)