2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

EDUC 415 Methods: Elementary Science

An overview of elementary science education-history, issues, state and national standards. Standards-based instruction for elementary science will be examined and applied. Emphasis is given to problem-solving strategies with manipulatives, visuals, and instructional technologies. Topics include the nature of science, critical thinking and questioning techniques, and designing a guided discovery (inquiry) based science unit and instructional technologies. Taken as part of a methods block that requires a 30-hour field experience in which candidates prepare, teach, and assess lessons.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission to teacher education; EDUC 202; EDUC 316; EDUC 313; EDUC 303; EDUC 306

Corequisite

EDUC305; EDUC 301; KNS 261; EDUC 398 or EDUC 399

Offered

Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Design, implement, analyze and interpret instructional plans and student assessment data which develop critical, analytical and problem-solving capacities of their future students.
  2. Critically read and reflect on important issues and trends of the science content area.
  3. Develop the skills to provide their future students with multiple paths to learning while recognizing that all students have the ability to be science learners.