ESCI
580-03
ELEMENTARY LANDFORMS
February 13 - April 2, 2006
Closed
For K-8 TEACHERS
Graduate Semester Credit: 1
Time Commitment: 6-8 HOURS PER WEEK
Cost: $270
In this six week online course we will investigate landform science.
Observing landforms and how they change is fun! We will look at a variety
of landscapes and how they came to look like they do. We will model landforms
and encourage sharing and discussions of teaching ideas in our course.
The principles you learn will increase your confidence in teaching science
in general as well as landforms in particular.
The goals of this course are to...
- Introduce concepts of structure, process and time
- Review the battle between living and non-living forces and the relationship it has to landforms
- Model and represent landforms using resources such as remote sensing, maps, physical models and math models
- Uncover the importance of orders of landforms
- Distinguish between continent and ocean basin movement versus minor slope elements
- Compare and contrast varying degrees of arid regions
- Classify volcanic landforms by their composition
- Compare and contrast varying degrees of water erosion regions
- Identify landscapes formed by landslides and glaciers
- Incorporate a Native American perspective on Landform Science
INSTRUCTOR:
Jerry Nelson, Casper College, WY. Jerry has been teaching NTEN courses
for a number of years. He has extensive experience working with K-14 teachers.
His courses are always informative and fun.
CREDIT:
1 graduate semester credit.
TIME COMMITMENT:
6 to 8 hours per week.
COST:
Tuition: $220; Materials: $50
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requirements
Extra equipment needed for this course? NO
