Summer 2009 Courses

Integrated Courses

L & C - SCI 620: Reading the Landscape: Inquiry into Local Story

Instructor: Sue McWilliams, M.S.
Credits: 2 Semester Hours
Dates: July 20-24
Description: Uncover the web of relationships among people, their communities, and the landscapes they inhabit as revealed through local stories. Learn how to create place-based curriculum and anchor experiences to community resources amidst the regional landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. Discover the unique contributions to curriculum design offered by local museums, historical societies, and citizen organizations. Experience inquiry that demonstrates how the concept of a watershed integrates subjects.

$100 course fee in addition to tuition.

Science Focus Courses

L & C - SCI 596: Earth/Space Science

Instructor: Jerry Kuykendall
Credits: 2 Semester Hours
Dates: June 22 - July 9
Delivery Method: Intensive 2-week course, MTWTh 9-11 am; Friday field trip 6/26, 8 am - 2 pm; one 2-hour evening astronomy TBA
Description: Learning to investigate and appreciate landscape changes and celestial events that occur on scales beyond ordinary experience. Students join in evenings of sky-watching and engage in geological field study of the regional landscape. Participants should be prepared for physical activity during the field component of the course. The class addresses teacher content knowledge, modeling of teaching approaches, and availability of educational resources fundamental to successful instruction in earth and space science.

No prerequisites.
$75 Course fee (materials, local travel)

L & C - SCI 675: Oregon Field Geology West: Coast to Cascades

Instructors: Robert Butler, Ph.D., Bonnie Magura, M.A.T.
Credits: 2 Semester Hours
Dates: August 15-21 [pre-trip meeting August 7 in Rogers Hall]
Description: Field study in western Oregon of geologic processes of an active continental margin. The class journeys from the Pacific Coast to the Cascade Mountains while examining evidence of subduction zone earthquakes, docked seamounts, and active stratovolcanoes. Students learn to interpret the landscape with the theory of plate tectonics, to recognize regional geologic hazards, and to represent their interpretations as cross-sectional diagrams, stratigraphic columns, geologic maps and chronologies. Instruction emphasizes the ability to communicate these understandings to general audiences.

No prerequisites. Several nights in the field.
$350 fee covers travel, lodging, and meals.

Mathematics Focus Courses

L & C - MATH 505: Algebra for All

Instructor: Kasi Allen or Deborah Barany
Credits: 2 semester credits
Dates: 06/22/09 - 07/17/09
Delivery Method: 3-weeks, face-to-face, 2 hours daily, M-F
Description: Increasingly in our democracy, informed citizens must understand the fundamentals of algebra and demonstrate an ability to think algebraically. This course explores methods of supporting all students in mastering these skills - a new requirement for the Oregon diploma. Participants will review relevant research, explore the history of Algebra in the American curriculum, and examine strategies that foster the teaching and learning of algebra throughout a student's mathematical career in all grades K-12.

L & C - MATH 689: Quantify It! Integrating Math and Science

Instructors: Melina Dyer, M.Ed., and Scott Ziglinski, M.S.
Credits: 2 Semester Hours
Dates: TBA
Description: Explore key concepts in K-5 science instruction and learn how to find the math connections in any science lesson. Teachers examine the NCTM focal points and modify existing curriculum to teach them well. Participants develop an understanding of reasoning using qualitative and quantitative data and learn a four step model for finding the math content in any science lesson. The class emphasizes how to maximize existing curriculum for learning math and science concepts.