National Teachers Enhancement Network: Course Catalog

Elementary (E) or Secondary (S)	Course	Credit	Undergrad (U) or Grad (G)	Offered

BIOLOGY
S	BIOL 513 Terrestrial Ecology of Plains and Prairies	1	G	Summer
S	BIOL 519 Biology of Riparian Zones and Wetlands	2	G	Summer
E	BIOL 580 Plant Science: It Grows on You	1	G	Variable
S	BIOL 580 Teaching Evolution	3	G	Fall

CHEMISTRY
S	CHEM 580 Environmental Measurement: Sensors & Electronics	3	G	Variable
S	CHEM 580 Exploring Chemistry for Middle and High School Teachers	3	G	Summer
S	CHEM 580 Special Topics in Chemistry: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamics	3	G	Variable

EARTH SCIENCES
S	ESCI 512 Mountains and Plains Riparian Processes	2	G	Summer (Alt. yr. - Even)
S	ESCI 517 Electronic Hydrology	2	G	Fall (Alt. yr. - Odd)
S	ESCI 519 Hydrology of Streams and Lakes	3	G	Summer
S	ESCI 580 Internet-Based K-14 Earth Systems Science	2	G	Fall
E	ESCI 580 Elementary Weather	1	G	Variable
S	ESCI 580 Weather and Climate for Teachers	3	G	Variable
E	ESCI 580 Landforms for Elementary Teachers	1	G	Variable
S	ESCI 580 Fundamentals of Oceanography	3	G	Variable

EDUCATION, CURRICULUM and INSTRUCTION
E	EDCI 480 Praxis Preparation for Middle School Science Teachers	3	U	Variable
S	EDCI 504 Evaluation and Measurement in Education	3	G	Fall
S	EDCI 505 Foundation of Action Research	3	G	Fall
S	EDCI 509 Implementing Action Research in Teaching and Learning	3	G	Fall
S	EDCI 536 Construction of Curriculum	3	G	Summer
S	EDCI 537 Contemporary Issues in Science Education	3	G	Variable
S	EDCI 580 Environmental Science Education: Summer Ecological Field Studies	3	G	Summer
S	EDCI 580 Environmental Science Education: Winter Ecological Field Studies	3	G	Spring
E	EDCI 580 Teaching and Learning About Ecosystems	1	G	Variable
S	EDCI 580 Environmental Science Education: Fall Ecological Field Studies	3	G	Fall
S	EDCI 580 Teaching Inquiry in the Science Classroom	2	G	Variable
S	EDCI 580 Master Teaching Strategies for Science Teachers	2	G	Variable

ENTOMOLOGY
E	ENTO 580 The Fascinating Bug: Learning about Insects through Observation and Inquiry	1	G	Variable

GEOGRAPHY
S	GEOG 580 Global Warming, Climate Change and our Environment	3	G	Variable

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, FOOD/NUTRITION
S	HDFN 524 Teaching Adolescent Nutrition	2	G	Variable
S	HDFN 526 Nutrition for Fitness and Performance	3	G	Fall (Alt. yr. - Even)
E	HDFN 588 The Incredible Journey: From the Plate Through the Body, Food and Nutrition Science for the Elementary Classroom	1	G	Variable

LAND RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
S	LRES 580 Chemistry of Water Pollution	3	G	Variable
S	LRES 580 Dirty Dozen: 12 Principles of Soil Science	3	G	Fall
E	LRES 580 The Dirt on Soil Science	1	G	Variable
S	LRES 580 Streamside Science: Hands-On Approaches to Water Quality Education	3	G	Summer
S	LRES 580 Water Quality in the Classroom - A Characterization of the Science and Issues	3	G	Spring

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
S	MATH 427 Integrating Mathematics and Science through Modeling	3	U	Summer
S	MATH 518 Statistics for Teachers	2	G	Summer
S	MATH 519 Applications of Statistics in Mathematics Classrooms	2	G	Summer

MICROBIOLOGY
S	MB 536 Exploring Microbiology	3	G	Fall
S	MB 539 Infection and Immunity	3	G	Summer
S	MB 541 Microbial Genetics	3	G	Summer
S	MB 580 Environmental Microbiology	3	G	Spring

PHYSICS
S	PHYS 403 Special Relativity	3	U	Variable
S	PHYS 480 Conceptual Physics	3	U	Variable
S	PHYS 480 Science and Photography	3	U	Variable
S	PHYS 511 Astronomy for Teachers	3	G	Variable
S	PHYS 513 Quantum Mechanics	3	G	Variable
S	PHYS 514 Comparative Planetology: Establishing a Virtual Presence in the Solar System	3	G	Summer
S	PHYS 512 General Relativity	3	G	Variable
E	PHYS 580 Electricity	1	G	Variable
E	PHYS 580 The Science of Sound	1	G	Variable
E	PHYS 580 The World of Motion	1	G	Variable
E	PHYS 580 World of Forces	1	G	Variable
S	PHYS 580 Particle Physics for Teachers	3	G	Variable
S	PHYS 580 Studying the Universe with Space Observatories	3	G	Summer
E	PHYS 580 Teaching and Learning in Science: Elementary Space Science	1	G	Variable
S	PHYS 582 Astrobiology for Teachers	3	G	Variable
S	PHYS 583 The Invisible Universe Online: The Search for Astronomical Origins	3	G	Variable

To get information about courses for secondary teachers, contact Kelly Boyce at kboyce@montana.edu or 1-800-282-6062. To get information about courses for elementary teachers, contact Lisa Brown at nten_elem@montana.edu or 1-800-461-9635.

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