SCE526 Using Informal Sites: Advanced Study

In this course students select one of the information sites available (Lincoln Park Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, the Field Museum, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Adler Planetarium or the Shedd Aquarium) and spend a minimum of 40 hours utilizing this site as a laboratory from which to learn science. Students will select a specific science discipline, ie: life, physical, or other, as the focus of their learning. Various hypotheses will be formulated and tested in cooperation with scientists and educators in residence at the informal site. Science as inquiry will be the thread that weaves the student's own science learning at the informal sites with the science content relevant to the elementary and middle school curriculum. 2 semester hours