PHYS 107 Physical Science
The course allows
students to experience hands-on science via an inquiry-based constructivist
model in both the classroom and lab. Course content will focus on force and
motion/interactions, energy transfer and conservation, wave properties,
electromagnetic radiation, structure and properties of matter, chemical
reactions, and related topics covered in the Next Generation Science Standards
(NGSS). Basic math skills are needed to illustrate some of these principles and
answer/solve related questions/problems. Research-supported best teaching
practices are used to incorporate this content with the use of technology (e.g.
microcomputer motion and sound sensors) in the lab culminating in two formal
lab reports and a lesson plan presentation. Students refine their understanding
through small group and entire class discussions (including some problem
solving), class demonstrations, lab experiments, and computer simulations and
tutorials to address their misconceptions and construct scientific models.
Prerequisite
Eligible to enroll in
MATH 070
Hours Weekly
3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab weekly