ELEM 410 - Teaching Science and Social Studies

Credit Hours: 6
Prerequisites: Transition Point Two and Satisfactory Academic Progress
This course emphasizes teaching elementary science and social studies content for grades K-6; it emphasizes how narrative content areas add value and understanding to learning science, social studies, and reading for meaning. Specifically, the science section of the course is designed to prepare elementary teacher candidates to know, understand, and use the fundamental concepts of science - including physical, life, and earth and space sciences - as well as concepts in science and technology, science in personal and social perspectives, the history and nature of science, the unifying concepts of science, and the inquiry processes scientists use in discovery of new knowledge to build a base for scientific and technological literacy for all students aligned with the expectations of the College and Career Ready (CCR) Standards.

Social studies is realized independently and is integrated within science instruction. Teacher candidates are equiped to know, understand, and use the major concepts and modes of inquiry from the social studies - the integrated study of history, geography, the social sciences, and other related areas - to promote all students’ abilities to make informed decision as citizens of a culturally diverse democratic society and interdependent world aligned with the expectations of the College and Career Ready (CCR) ELL instructional techniques are contained within the course. Ten hours or more of field work is associated with these learning experiences.