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Classroom Instruction Courses: Science |
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| Introduces scientific principles of flight and illustrates instructional strategies to effectively present these principles to students. Exposes many facets of modern aviation and how they relate to students' career options. Equivalent: EDSC 5915. |
| 1139 |
Evans, Gary |
(3.2 units) |
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Aug 6-Aug 9 8:00am-5:00pm MTWTh Paine Field, Everett, WA
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(Also available under EDSC 5915 (3 credits)) |
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Tuition: $60 flat fee |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Sandy Johnson at 425/353-2110 x2222. |
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Fees:
Additional $350 course fee payable to Snohomish County Paine Field Airport.
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| Designed for upper elementary teachers, this course will focus on energy forms and energy transfers and transformations in the context of adopted elementary science units. Participants will personalize their own learning by focusing on their grade level science instructional materials to enhance their own understanding of energy and to extend their learning to build opportunities into their grade level materials for their students to explore ideas about energy and related concepts. Participants will also engage in discussions about relevant educational research on student ideas and the implications of this research on the teaching and learning of the subject. Equivalent: PHY 5011. |
| 1131 |
Seeley, Lane |
(3 credits) |
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Jun 26-Jul 2 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under PHY 5011 (2-3 credits)) |
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Tuition: $60 flat fee |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
| This course for secondary teachers can be taken either as a stand alone course or as part of a two-year coherent, articulated professional development program. The course will focus on energy transfers and transformations in the context of physics and physical science. Participants will also be immersed in a diagnostic learning environment, explore research on student ideas about energy and related concepts, and discuss the implications of the research on the teaching and learning of the subject. This course is offered through the support of a National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 grant. Equivalent: PHY 5013. |
| 1135 |
Vokos, Stamatis |
(5 units) |
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Aug 6-Aug 17 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under PHY 5013 (5 credits)) |
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Tuition: $100 flat fee |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
| This course for secondary teachers is designed to be taken one year after the completion of Energy One, should teachers wish to build upon their first summer's experience. The format and subject matter will be a continuation of material covered in the first course. Equivalent: PHY 5014. |
| 1137 |
Robertson, Amy |
(5 units) |
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Aug 6-Aug 17 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under PHY 5014 (5 credits)) |
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Tuition: $100 flat fee |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
| Equivalent: PHY 5012. |
| 1133 |
DeWater, Lezlie |
(3 units) |
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Jun 26-Jul 2 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under PHY 5012 (3 credits)) |
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Tuition: $60 flat fee |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
| Focuses on activities used to teach and reinforce math and science concepts taught in the elementary grades. Highlights math and analytical thinking activities and science investigations appropriate for use in grades 1-6. Discover a range of activities and games to accommodate students' differing abilities. |
| 397 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Provides dynamic 'expansive learning' experiences in units of forty-five 'Travelogue lessons' that follow a specific and historic geographical itinerary. These readings are derived from primary source accounts to foster high academic achievement proficiencies and appreciation for these moral dramas. Many of these compelling accounts directly involve the experiences of young people--the boy Marco Polo venturing on the Silk Road, for example. Empasizes Math and Science. |
| 56 |
Scheuerman, Richard |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: CD-ROM/Internet.
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| Teaches scientific process skills and helps teachers create engaging, hands-on science lessons. Participants learn to leverage the strength of inquiry-based science instruction to help their students develop deeper understanding of key earth science concepts. The course is designed around a constructivist learning model called the Five E's: Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. Participants study each part of the model and learn ways to apply these concepts immediately in their teaching practice. |
| 252 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $190 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
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Fees:
Total $500 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Highlights 32 experiments designed to provide teachers with high-interest, ready-to-use science demonstrations for grades 4-6. Includes experiments that require high-level thinking skills. Learn why engaging students in science activities is recommended by the National Science Foundation over traditional memorization-based instruction, and receive suggestions for follow-up extension activities appropriate for scientific investigations as homework assignments. |
| 401 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Discusses new strategies for teaching life science in meaningful ways. Receive [ITL1]Life Science Activities for the K-6 Classroom[ITL2], helpful ideas from the [ITL1]Kitchen, Garage and Garbage Can Science[ITL2] series and a science kit containing manipulatives and other useful tools to help conduct a variety of science investigations and activities.
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| 402 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Provides teachers with high-interest, ready-to-use science demonstrations and experiments to involve students in high-level thinking. Gain an understanding of basic science concepts and become ready for experiences that help develop mastery. Acquire suggestions for challenging higher achieving students through extension investigations. |
| 403 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Discusses the major events in the history of astronomy. Includes lessons about the solar system through readings, audio cassette, video reviews and an optional visit to an observatory or planetarium. Expands student knowledge of the night sky. |
| 404 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/audio CD/DVD/optional site visits.
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| Studies the natural history of Yosemite National Park. Explores the flora, fauna and geological uniqueness of this park through readings, interactive CD-ROM, video reviews and an optional tour of the park. Expands student knowledge of America's natural heritage. |
| 405 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/DVD/CD-ROM/optional site visits.
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| Introduces individuals to the natural history of Yellowstone National Park. Explores the flora, fauna and geological uniqueness of this park through readings, an interactive CD-ROM, video review and an optional tour of the park. Expands student knowledge of America's natural heritage. |
| 406 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/DVD/CD-ROM/optional site visits.
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| Builds a foundation for teaching and observing by exploring three of the four elements of weather. Provides guided opportunities for implementation and sustained use of hands-on experiences in science with a class. Encourages reflective practice through the use of instructional planning, focused questions and journal entries. Expands knowledge base of science education. |
| 152 |
Youngs, David |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $435 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Explores effective ways to teach about basic relationships within a habitat, using the school playground or neighborhood as a field of study. Provides a foundation for teaching and understanding the basic relationships in all habitats by focusing on easily accessible habitats near to the classroom. Encourages the use of hands-on investigative approaches to teaching life and environmental sciences. |
| 153 |
Youngs, David |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $435 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Uses the context of modern sport parachuting, also known as skydiving, to observe and study the science topics of force and motion. Builds a foundation for teaching and understanding the physics of gravity-powered free fall by exploring the science and mathematics behind force and motion. Provides opportunities for reflective practice through the use of instructional planning, focused questions and journal entries. |
| 154 |
Youngs, David |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $435 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Introduces individuals to objects in our universe including stars, galaxies, dark matter and nebula. Provides information about the universe through readings, viewing a video tape, interacting with a CD-ROM and taking a virtual tour of the universe. |
| 407 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/DVD/CD-ROM.
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| Introduces scientific principles of flight and illustrates instructional strategies to effectively present these principles to students. Exposes many facets of modern aviation and how they relate to students' career options. Equivalent: CEU 1757. Class not open to: Undergraduate level. |
| 1138 |
Evans, Gary |
(3 credits) |
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Aug 6-Aug 9 8:00am-5:00pm MTWTh Paine Field, Everett, WA
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(Also available under CEU 1757 (3.2 Units)) |
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Tuition: $45 per credit |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Sandy Johnson at 425/353-2110 x2222. |
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Fees:
Additional $350 course fee payable to Snohomish County Paine Field Airport.
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| Designed for upper elementary teachers, this course will focus on energy forms and energy transfers and transformations in the context of adopted elementary science units. Participants will personalize their own learning by focusing on their grade level science instructional materials to enhance their own understanding of energy and to extend their learning to build opportunities into their grade level materials for their students to explore ideas about energy and related concepts. Participants will also engage in discussions about relevant educational research on student ideas and the implications of this research on the teaching and learning of the subject. Equivalent: CEU 2100. |
| 1130 |
Seeley, Lane |
(3 credits) |
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Jun 26-Jul 2 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under CEU 2100 (2.4-3 Units)) |
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Tuition: $50 per credit |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
| Equivalent: CEU 3353. |
| 1132 |
DeWater, Lezlie |
(3 credits) |
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Jun 26-Jul 2 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under CEU 3353 (3 Units)) |
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Tuition: $50 per credit |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
| This course for secondary teachers can be taken either as a stand alone course or as part of a two-year coherent, articulated professional development program. The course will focus on energy transfers and transformations in the context of physics and physical science. Participants will also be immersed in a diagnostic learning environment, explore research on student ideas about energy and related concepts, and discuss the implications of the research on the teaching and learning of the subject. This course is offered through the support of a National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 grant. Equivalent: CEU 3198. |
| 1134 |
Vokos, Stamatis |
(5 credits) |
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Aug 6-Aug 17 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under CEU 3198 (5 Units)) |
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Tuition: $50 per credit |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
| This course for secondary teachers is designed to be taken one year after the completion of Energy One, should teachers wish to build upon their first summer's experience. The format and subject matter will be a continuation of material covered in the first course. Equivalent: CEU 3260. |
| 1136 |
Robertson, Amy |
(5 credits) |
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Aug 6-Aug 17 8:30am-3:30pm MTWThF Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
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(Also available under CEU 3260 (5 Units)) |
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Tuition: $50 per credit |
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Register: Preregistration is required by calling Julie Glavic at 206/286-7258. |
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