PHYS 1020L: Physical Sciences for Elementary Education
(Cross-listed with CHEM 1020L).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 1, Laboratory 4.
Prereq: MATH 1400 or higher.
Physical science principles for future elementary teachers. Emphasis on experiments that address current elementary science education standards and that are appropriate for their future students to do, such as measurements of mass, length, time, light from atoms, charge and current, motion due to forces, energy and work, heat, waves, optics, building bridges and making musical instruments, studying states of matter and chemical reactions.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)