UniMelb UGHB96 : 485-128 Learning Area: Science and Technology 1

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485-128 Learning Area: Science and Technology 1

Credit points: 15.0

Coordinator: Terry Harrison.

Corequisite: School Experience 1.

Contact: One 2-hour workshop each week plus sixteen 1-hour lectures.

Timetable: Double semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

identify and describe biological and physical systems relevant to primary school children;
use the energy concept to explain changes in biological and physical systems;
identify and describe aspects of the technological world;
identify and describe environmental aspects of science;
identify the main features of children's thinking in science;
use concrete models to explain a range of everyday phenomena; and
identify science activities and experiences appropriate to children.

Content:

Aspects of biological, earth science, physical science and technology relevant to primary school teachers; energy sources and transformations; development and application of the particle model for matter; ecological structures and biological change; structure and function in biology; introduction to the processes of investigating, designing, producing and evaluating materials, information and systems; children's understandings and explanations of natural phenomena; sources of science and technology activities.

Assessment:

Written reports of workshop activities and associated reading (1,000 words) (20 per cent); a report of 750 words approximately on science and the media (15 per cent); a report (750 words approximately) on a small-scale science activity with a small group of children (15 per cent); one and a half hour exam (50 per cent).
Hurdle Requirement: To gain a pass in this subject, students must obtain a minimum of 50 per cent in the final examination.

Prescribed texts:

Curriculum and Standards Framework: Science and Technology Board of Studies 1994

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Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
Authorised by:   Academic Registrar
Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au

Maintained by:   Dept. of Science and Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus).