Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Science Concepts for Teaching
  • Unit Code

    ESC5001
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit will position lower secondary science curricula against some of the more advanced content knowledge desirable foreffective teaching in the lower secondary school. In doing this, the unit will also refresh and consolidate the advanced conceptual understandings needed for teaching in this learning area, and students will also be familiarised at higher levels with the science learning area of the Australian Curriculum. The unit is designed to allow students to explore the nature of scientific inquiry and to develop their understanding of the process of science through a focus on science as a human endeavour.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-line support of the content

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ESC5000

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the main ideas that underpin the lower secondary science curriculum in the key concept areas.
  2. Explain the nature and purpose of science and discuss why science is important.
  3. Interpret the structure of the Australian Curriculum and describe four conceptual substrands of the science learning area.

Unit Content

  1. Biology: a focus on aspects of classification, evolution and issues relating to ecosystems.
  2. Chemistry: a focus on states of matter, chemical compounds, and chemical reactions.
  3. Earth and Space Science: a focus on investigating the night sky and the movement of the Moon.
  4. Physics: a focus on forces and motion.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will participate in professional reading, independent study, and the use of multi-media technology in association with practical science laboratory experiences.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportInvestigation50%
PortfolioCollated conceptual tasks50%

Text References

  • ^ Trefel, J. & Hazen, R. (2013). The Sciences: An Integrated Approach. John Wiley & Sons.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Science Concepts for Teaching
  • Unit Code

    ESC5001
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit will position lower secondary science curricula against some of the more advanced content knowledge desirable foreffective teaching in the lower secondary school. In doing this, the unit will also refresh and consolidate the advanced conceptual understandings needed for teaching in this learning area, and students will also be familiarised at higher levels with the science learning area of the Australian Curriculum. The unit is designed to allow students to explore the nature of scientific inquiry and to develop their understanding of the process of science through a focus on science as a human endeavour.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-line support of the content

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ESC5000

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the main ideas that underpin the lower secondary science curriculum in the key concept areas.
  2. Explain the nature and purpose of science and discuss why science is important.
  3. Interpret the structure of the Australian Curriculum and describe four conceptual substrands of the science learning area.

Unit Content

  1. Biology: a focus on aspects of classification, evolution and issues relating to ecosystems.
  2. Chemistry: a focus on states of matter, chemical compounds, and chemical reactions.
  3. Earth and Space Science: a focus on investigating the night sky and the movement of the Moon.
  4. Physics: a focus on forces and motion.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will participate in professional reading, independent study, and the use of multi-media technology in association with practical science laboratory experiences.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportInvestigation50%
PortfolioCollated conceptual tasks50%

Text References

  • ^ Trefel, J. & Hazen, R. (2013). The Sciences: An Integrated Approach. John Wiley & Sons.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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