Description
This lab course is designed for students preparing for teaching science in elementary schools. The course serves as an introduction to scientific inquiry in the sciences of Physics, Meteorology, Astronomy, geology, and oceans. Learning through inquiry in the laboratory means that students will be provided weekly with scientific instruments and given instructions for conducting scientific experiments and demonstrations. The goal of this course is to provide practice with basic skills for doing science. This course will help students develop an understanding of science as an active and creative process and an evidence-based way of thinking. Lab will meet for 3 hours per week. Corequisite: NSC 3740.