Course Contents
Unit 1: Course Overview
Week Topics/Themes
Week 1
Overview of course content (science and teaching)
Life of scientists and the role of science in society
Nature of science and its application for teaching
Introduction to independent course project, possible topics, and criteria
Unit 2: Energy Transfer, Transformations, and Conservation
Week Topics/Themes
2
Types of energy (heat, light, sound, kinetic, potential, gravitational, etc.)
Investigating light
3
Energy transfer and transformation - Concept of conduction, convection, and
radiation
Law of conservation of mass and energy
4
Teaching “Energy transfer, transformation, and conservation” in elementary grades
Unit 3: Interactions of Energy and Matter
Week Topics/Themes
5
Review of physical and chemical properties and physical change
Solutions and solubility
Conservation of mass in solutions
6
Introduction to chemical reactions
Difference between chemical and physical reactions
The role of energy in explaining bonds
Applications of electrolysis
7
Teaching “Interactions of Energy and Matter” in elementary grades
Unit 4: Earth’s Systems Undergoing Constant Change
Week Topics/Themes
8
Water, carbon, and rock cycle
Theory of plate tectonics - Living in the shadow of the big mountains
9
Climate change
10 Teaching “Earth’s Systems Undergoing Constant Change” in elementary grades
Unit 5: Solar System and the Universe
Week Topics/Themes
11
Characteristics of our Solar System
Earth and Sun compared to other objects in the sky
Working with and understanding large distances
12
Origin and evolution of Earth (and the Solar System)
13 Teaching “Our Solar System and the Universe” in elementary grades
Unit 6: Human Body as a System
Week Topics/Themes
14
Flow of matter and energy in living systems
Circulatory and digestive system
Structure, function, and organization of different cells
15
Cell processes
Cellular respiration
16
Teaching “Human Body as a System” in elementary grades
Course Synopsis
This Science II course will strengthen prospective elementary teachers’ subject matter knowledge. It
provides further opportunity to deepen the pedagogical science content knowledge required to
effectively teach general science in elementary school. The course covers core concepts in physical
science, life science, and earth science. It also covers teaching strategies and instructional approaches
that best support the development of a conceptual understanding of science. In contrast to Science
I, which dealt with simpler concepts, Science II establishes connections between core concepts, such
as matter and energy, and entire systems, such as Earth’s systems or systems within the human body.
After taking Science I and Science II, the prospective student teachers will be well prepared to
implement the National Curriculum in elementary grades 1-5.
Science I and Science II integrate science content with science pedagogy and skill building. Both
courses are designed to prepare prospective elementary teachers to teach inquiry science in grades 1-
5. Their (pedagogical) content knowledge is chosen accordingly. It is recommended that prospective
science teachers who want to teach science in higher elementary grades (6-8) deepen their science
knowledge further by attending additional science classes offered in Year 3 and Year 4 of the B.Ed
(Hons.) program.
Course Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, student teachers will be able to:
1. Describe forms and interactions of energy and matter, including energy transfer and
transformations, as they apply to chemical and physical processes with an emphasis on
events/phenomena in everyday life.
2. Begin to see that complex interactions between the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the
lithosphere in Earth’s systems undergo constant change. Understand the theory of plate
tectonics as it relates to Pakistan’s mountain formations and earthquakes. Provide examples
of advances in technologies that have made it possible to more accurately predict natural
disasters and provide life-saving warnings (for floods, hurricanes, etc.). Explain how human
activities influence air and water quality, ecosystems, and climate across the globe.
3. Begin to understand the vastness and age of the universe, and be able to discuss the
characteristics and differences of objects within our Solar System.
4. Describe the flow of matter and energy in living systems, and apply it to the human body to
explain, for instance, the circulatory and digestive system.
5. Be able to understand the purpose of scientific models and tools, and use them
appropriately. Examples are the periodic table, classification tables, maps, and models of
particle theory and the atom. In addition, be able to demonstrate and teach data collection,
recording, and graphing to present conclusions of investigations.
Science
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Scientist 2
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Strategies to teaching science in classrooms
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Strategies to teaching science
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Scientist n observations
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Law of conservation of Energy
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Energy and its forms
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Transformations of Energy
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Rock cycle
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water cycle
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Carbon and Oxygen cycle
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Plate Tectonics Theory Lesson
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Climate Change
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Earth's Systems And Their Interactions
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Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
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solar system
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Characteristics of our solar system
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Our Suns Size Compared To Other Star Sizes
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Our Sun's Size Compared To Other Star Sizes
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Stellar parallax and measuring distance
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Persian artists calligraphy
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Making calligraphy using different tools and mediums
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Book Title : Getting Science: The Teacher's Guide To Exciting And Painless Primary School Science
Author : Brian Clegg
Edition : 1
Publisher : Routledge
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Title : Week 10 Earth's system undergoing constant change
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Title : week 11 Comparison of Earth with various subjects
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