Elements Chemistry and Physics

Catalog description

Elements of Chemistry and Physics is a one-semester integrative chemistry and physics course intended primarily for elementary education pre-service students who wish to learn fundamental principles relating to the structure of matter, energy transformations, motion of objects and waves, and the forces of nature (ASTA/NSTE Disciplinary Core Ideas: Matter and Its Interactions, Motion and Stability-Forces and Interactions, energy, Waves, and Their Applications). Students will learn these fundamentals through active participation in "hands-on, minds-on" group activities. While doing the activities, the students will demonstrate scientific habits and gain insight into the nature of science. (Cross-listed as CHEM-100.) Elements of Chemistry and Physics does not fulfill requirements for a chemistry or physics major or minor.