GeoScience Connections:
Online Graduate Courses for Earth Science Education
2009 Spring Term Course
GeoScience Connections is designed specifically to increase science teachers’ knowledge of Earth system science and inquiry-based science instruction. Focusing on interactions among Earth systems - geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and exosphere - courses incorporate hands-on and technology-based teaching techniques. Each course provides 3 graduate credits from IIT.
New courses being offered during Summer 2009 include:
Dynamic Earth: Understanding the Processes Affecting Earth’s Crust (June 29-Aug. 14).
Introduction to Fossils (July 15-Sept. 2).
Energy Resources is planned for the Fall 2009 schedule.
Use the links on the right to access professional development courses designed
to increase your content knowledge of the geosciences and teach you innovative
instructional techniques that can help make Earth science come alive for your
students.
These courses are designed for teachers of upper elementary and middle school Earth science. Teachers will be actively engaged in content as well as scientific inquiry. Discounted tuition is offered to educators, $1000.00 per three graduate credit hours.
