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Sep 28, 2024
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ECE 130 - Science for Early Childhood Education
5.0 Credits Focuses on strengthening knowledge of life and physical sciences that build a foundation for young children’s understanding of science. Students actively learn strategies that encourage inquiry and problem-solving in teaching science at the early childhood level.
Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Document understanding of the role of science in everyday life for adults and young children. [REASON]
- Demonstrate how scientific communication and investigation presents information to increase young children’s understanding of scientific principles. [COMMUNICATE]
- Demonstrate scientific methods of inquiry, observation, exploration, hypothesis, data collection and analysis. [COMMUNICATE]
- Investigate and interpret foundational elements of life sciences that apply to young children’s learning. [REASON]
- Demonstrate beginning understanding of life processes of plants, animals and people and their interdependence. [ACT]
- Demonstrate foundational knowledge (appropriate for young children) of conditions that sustain life on earth, and include explanations of air, heat, water, food, protection, and gravity. [REASON]
- Demonstrate beginning knowledge (appropriate for adults and young children) of the spatial relationships that affect the sun, earth, and moon. [ACT]
- Investigate and interpret how natural and processed materials are used and ways that materials can change. [ACT]
- Demonstrate knowledge of similarities and differences between common sources of energy: electricity, heat, motion, sound, light, magnetism and chemistry. [REASON]
- Document a personal and professional perspective of the value of integrating of foundational knowledge of science into the practice of teaching young children. [EXPLORE]
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