GEOLOGY 790 - sections 400/500 - SPRING SEMESTER 2007 [also available as BIOSC 730 sect.

. 400/500 or GEOG 601 sect. 400/500]

* Greenville University Center Group *

SELECTED TOPICS IN EARTH SCIENCES IMPLEMENTING STANDARDS USING SC MAPS AND SC LIFE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
(3 HOURS OF GRADUATE CREDIT) - Clemson University

Initial Class Meeting: 9:00 AM 4:00 PM; Saturday, January 27, 2007 Other Meeting Dates: February 10; February 24; March 10; field trip (TBA); final exam (TBA) [Formal Registration January 27; one-hour lunch break; lunches on your own] Location = Room 409 University Center, Greenville, South Carolina Group Leader = Lienne Federico Medford, EdD <LIENNE@CLEMSON.EDU> 864-250-8891 Partial funding provided by the SC LIFE Project at Clemson University ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

COURSE SYLLABUS
Instructors:
John Wagner <jrwgnr@clemson.edu> (864) 656-5024 (w) Richard White <rnpwht777@aol.com> (864) 595-0922 (h) Trever Slack <trever_36@hotmail.com> (478) 396-4657 (h)

Student Attendance and Coursework Policy:

Students are expected to attend all scheduled class sessions. Each absence may lower the course grade by one letter grade. Handouts, course outlines, and other resources will be posted on the class website (see address at bottom of page). All course assignments are linked to the primary subject taught by the participant and must be turned in for grading at the times specified by the instructors.

Textbooks and Reference Materials

SC MAPS Teaching Manual: Cain, Wagner & Berry - provided SC MAPS Portfolio of Cartographic Products two complete sets have been loaned to the center SC MAPS Video: UNIT 1, SC ITV broadcast 8:00-9:26 AM: channel 301 on Jan. 24; channel 304 on Jan 31 SC LIFE Virtual Field Trip: Cove Forest on CD (provided) or available at SC LIFE website

Grading Scale and Requirements

A = 90 to 100 points B = 80 to 90 points C = 70 to 80 points D = 60 to 70 points F = 0 to 60 points 4 Homework Assignments (@ 0 pts) 4 Standards Assignments (@ 10 pts) 3 Quizzes (@ 5 pts) 1 Field Trip Report Final Exam TOTAL = 0 points = 40 points = 15 points = 5 points = 40 points 100 points

[quizzes based primarily on concepts covered in class; final exam based primarily on concepts covered in homework]

Standards Assignments:
The main objective of these assignments is to encourage sustained learning by implementing SC MAPS materials in the classroom at a suitable level addressing the appropriate curriculum standards for that particular situation. Your assignment is to examine the content range of the activities covered during each class session, investigate the standards correlations (also on the SC MAPS website), and produce a unit plan outline indicating how you could incorporate SC MAPS and/or SC LIFE materials from this unit into your own classroom curriculum plans. You must then try out your unit plan in your own classroom and complete a critique form to assess the success of the unit. Students not currently teaching in a classroom must substitute a 300 500 word rationale for how the unit applies to the grade/subject level you have selected for usage in place of the critique form.

Useful Web Sites

SC MAPS Home Page = http://www.clemson.edu/scmaps SC LIFE Home Page = http://www.clemson.edu/SCLife