Education for Educators
Math and Science
Integrating Life Science in the Elementary Classroom—An Independent Study Course
This course combines science theory with hands-on experiments dealing with life science concepts. Teachers in grades K-8 will be provided with opportunities to engage their students in relevant learning experiences, while increasing their own content knowledge in the area of life science.
This course is designed to enhance the classroom teacher’s ability to teach life science in a meaningful way through utilizing the methods and activities that spark the student’s desire to learn. Fun and motivating, the activities cover general botany and biology as well as the human body—bones, muscles, circulatory and respiratory systems, senses and the brain. Many of the activities are perfect for use at home in order to encourage parental involvement in the educational process of their child. This is possible because most of the materials are easy to find and many are included.
Teachers will also have the opportunity to locate and explore appropriate learning activities available on the Internet. Assignments are available for use with or without classroom student participation.
A full refund, less a $10 processing fee, will be granted to participants requesting a refund within 30 days of the registration date. All materials must be returned to the instructor unused in order to receive a refund. No refunds will be made after 30 days past registration date. Approved refunds will be mailed within four to six weeks.
Ideal for elementary and middle school instructors.
- Dates: Self-paced; students may start anytime and take up to one year to complete assignments
- Class No. 50429
- Units: Three
- Course: CI 380T
- Grading Option: Letter Grade or Credit/No Credit
- Fee: $450
- Instructors: Harold Silvani, M.A. and Mary Bennett, M.A.