Summer 2010 PrISM Courses

IMPORTANT: You must register directly with the university offering these courses. Each university/college has developed its own PrISM Oregon webpage where program, course, and registration information is available. Please consult the following PrISM webpages for course registration instructions:

• Eastern Oregon University PrISM Webpage
• George Fox University PrISM Webpage
• Lewis & Clark College PrISM Webpage
• Portland State University PrISM Webpage
• Oregon State University PrISM Webpage
• University of Portland PrISM Webpage
• Western Oregon University PrISM Webpage

TUITION: The seven colleges and universities have agreed to a common, equivalent PrISM tuition level. The formula for converting between quarter-term and semester credits is: Semester credit hours x 1.5 = number of quarter credit hours; quarter credit hours x .67 = number of semester credit hours. Three quarter-term credits is equivalent to two semester credits. A 3-credit quarter-term-based course at a public university has a tuition of $1,102; a 2-credit semester-based course at an independent college/university has a tuition of $1,102.

TUITION ASSISTANCE: Partial tuition assistance (60% to 80%) is available for teachers employed in Oregon schools through a Title II-A University/School Partnership grant. Click on Tuition Assistance in the navigation bar on the left and submit a tuition assistance request after you register for your course(s).

MATHEMATICS FOCUS COURSES

LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — MATH 522 Experiencing Geometry Instructor: Deborah Barany Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 07/19/10 — 08/06/10 Delivery Method: 3-week, face-to-face, on-campus Register: Register at Lewis & Clark College. Complete the special student registration application if you are not a current L&C student. Broad content knowledge perspective on classical and modern, euclidean and non-euclidean, geometries with hands-on experience learning mathematics through open-ended problems. Emphasis on experiential learning environments and teaching approaches that prepare teachers to build on students' experience. Teachers learn to encourage diverse ideas, use hands-on explorations, develop non-test assessments, and incorporate a wide range of technological resources toward the end of experiencing geometry.

LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — MATH 525 Mathematics as Problem Solving Instructor: Kasi Allen Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 06/28/10 — 07/16/10 Delivery Method: intensive 3-week course. Online class also available Register: Register at Lewis & Clark College. Complete the special student registration application if you are not a current L&C student. Helping K-12 mathematics educators incorporate mathematical problem solving throughout their curriculum. Content knowledge from geometry, measurement, number, and probability and statistics provide a context for this perspective on mathematics in everyday life. The National Council of Teachers of mathematics standards and the Oregon benchmarks serve as a framework for curriculum planning and assessment. These standards encourage teachers to engage their students through teaching approaches that encourage meaningful learning, respond to individual differences, and respect cultural contexts. Emphasizes problem solving, communication of mathematics, and conceptual understanding of mathematics.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 588 Mathematics Curriculum Instructor: Maggie Niess Credits: 3 quarter-term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 07/23/10 Delivery Method: Online course Register: This course focuses on current trends in mathematics curriculum, the history of these trends, and the rationale for mathematics reform. The course emphasizes the integration of math, science, and technology.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - CI 510 Deepening Geometrical & Measurement Understanding for Elementary Teachers Instructors: Kathy Reed Credits: 3 quarter-term credits Dates: 06/22/10 and 08/11/10 at PSU + online Delivery Method: Online + 2 face-to-face meetings Register: Register at Portland State University Look at geometrical reasoning as a method for problem solving, explore the properties of geometrical figures, and make constructions and practice using mathematical language to express ideas and justify reasoning. Also, examine some of the major ideas in measurement, including the procedures for measuring and learning about standard units in the metric and customary systems, the relationships among units, and the approximate nature of measurement. Learn how to apply what you have learned to practices in your own classroom. This course is organized around the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NVTM) Curriculum Framework to help you better understand the mathematics concepts underlying the content that you teach, and to help you know what standards-based lessons look like in the classroom.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — CI 510 Building a System of Tens Instructors: Nicole Rigelman Credits: 3 quarter-term credits Dates: 07/05/10 — 07/09/10, 1-week intensive course offered in Hillsboro for Hillsboro School District Delivery Method: Face-to-face intensive Register: Register at Portland State University Explore the base ten structure of the number system and how that structure is used in multi-digit computation. Investigate how basic concepts of whole numbers reappear when working with decimals. Student thinking is at the center of this course through examination of student work and students at work (written and video cases.

SCIENCE FOCUS COURSES

EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY - SCED 510 Environmental Science Inquiry Instructor: Donna Rainboth Credits: 3 quarter term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 08/17/10 Delivery Method: Online course Register: How to register for EOU PrISM courses. This course integrates inquiry oriented, experienced-based, and environmental studies. Participants will learn basic ecological field study techniques and will use an inquiry format to conduct studies in their local environment, including weather as well as soils, insects, plants, birds, or another in-depth study. Basic ecological concepts will be presented in the context of the field studies. Individual projects will relate the curricular content to student lives in meaningful ways.

GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY — EDFL 512 Hands On Science Instructors: Dwight Kimberly Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 07/12/10 — 07/16/10 Delivery Method: 5-day (Monday thru Friday) intensive face-to-face course, 8:30 - 3:30. Edwards Holman Science Building, Room 203 Register: How to register for GFU PrISM courses This course emphasizes materials and methods for teaching science in K-6 with an accent on teaching and evaluation procedures; utilization of supplies and equipment; and curriculum development. The desire of the instructor is to encourage teachers to gain confidence with hands-on science so that they will be enthusiastic science teachers who model the scientific method of discovery, observations, experimentation, and problem solving.

LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — SCI 596 Earth/Space Science Instructor: Jerry Kuykendall Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 07/08/10 Delivery Method: Intensive 3-week course, MTWTh 9-11 a.m.; Friday field trip 6/25, 9 am - 4 pm; one 2-hour evening astronomy TBA Register: Register at Lewis & Clark College. Complete the special student registration application if you are not a current L&C student. Note: Additional $45 course fee for materials and local travel Learning to investigate and appreciate landscape changes and celestial events that occur on scales beyond ordinary experience. Students join in evenings of sky-watching and engage in geological field study of the regional landscape. Participants should be prepared for physical activity during the field component of the course. The class addresses teacher content knowledge, modeling of teaching approaches, and availability of educational resources fundamental to successful instruction in earth and space science.

LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — SCI 676 Oregon Field Geology East: Blue to Wallowa Mountains Instructor: Ellen Morris Bishop Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 08/14/10 — 08/20/10, Pre-trip meeting: August 11, 9:00 - noon, Rogers Hall Delivery method: 1-week field course Note: Additional fee covers travel, lodging, and meals (Overnight camping) Register: Register at Lewis & Clark College. Complete the special student registration application if you are not a current L&C student. Note: No prerequisites. Several nights in the field. $380 additional fee covers travel, lodging, and meals. Field study in north central and northeastern Oregon of Cenozoic paleostratigraphy and accretionary plate tectonics. The class explores the geology of the formations exposed in the John Day River Basin, then continues on a transect of the state to observe fragments of ancient terranes. Students learn to recognize signals of climate change in the fossil record as well as evidence of past subduction and accretionary events on the western margin of North America. Present day geomorphological processes, such as landsliding, receive careful attention as well. Instruction emphasizes introductory level field problem solving skills and the construction by novices of stratigraphic columns, geologic maps, and geologic cross-sections, with an emphasis on the ability to communicate geologic concepts and processes to general audiences.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 598 Science Curriculum Instructor: Emily van Zee Credits: 3 quarter-term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 07/23/10 Delivery Method: Online course Register: This course focuses on current trends in science curriculum, the history of these trends, and the rationale for science reform. The course emphasized the integration of math, science, and technology.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — G510 Integrated Science: Crater Lake and Geohydrology of the Upper Klamath Basin Instructors: Michael Cummings, Charles Morlan Credits: 3 quarter-term credits; Has separate field cost fee of $200 (transportation, camping). Dates: Online 08/02/10 — 08/20/10 plus fieldwork August 9-13, 2010 Delivery Method: fieldwork and online Register: Register at Portland State University The eruption of Mt. Mazama to form Crater Lake impacted the surrounding landscape and set the stage for evolution of the modern landscape and hydrologic system. Conduct a systems investigation of the geology, hydrology, ecology and human interactions in the Upper Klamath basin since the eruption. Measure and observe landscape components to develop an integrated understanding of system dynamics. This course requires field investigation characterized by moderate physical activity including hiking in moderate to steep slopes and ability to participate under temperatures near 90 degrees F.

UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND - ED 591X Art with Chemistry Instructor: Raymond Bard Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 07-12-10 — 07-15-10 Delivery Method: 4-day intensive summer class Register: Contact Anne Rasmussen to register: rasmusse@up.edu or 503-943-7135 This course links a scientific discipline with the fine arts. The teachers at the K-8 levels will be engaged in hands-on projects in art that can be explained by scientific principles. The projects will have the K-8 teachers/students write/draw their observations. Projects include chromatography, tie-dying, crayon and jewelry making, and fresco designs. Teachers will work on explaining chemical interactions based on the idea of human interactions and will be able to explain phenomena using atoms, molecules, and electrons as the basis set.

UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND - ED 591X Earth Science: An Oregon Perspective for Teachers Instructor: Robert Butler Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 06-21-10 — 06-24-10 Delivery Method: intensive face-to-face Field fees: $150 Register: Contact Anne Rasmussen to register: rasmusse@up.edu or 503-943-7135 A journey in space and time to discover how Planet Earth and the landscape of Oregon were produced by dynamic interactions of the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Topics include: plate tectonics; earthquakes and tsunamis; volcanoes; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; gradual and catastrophic surface processes; the hydrologic cycle, including oceanic, river and coastal processes; geologic time as determined by fossils and radiometric dating methods; weather patterns; and Earth's climate history. Course themes (pattern to process, scale in time and space, plate tectonics, and geologic hazards) provide a pedagogical framework for organizing Earth science observations and processes. Transfer of science content knowledge to classroom teaching is practiced through hands-on inquiry-based classroom activities that make Earth science inviting and accessible to middle school students.

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY — GS 607 Water Resources Education I Instructors: Adele Schepige Credits: 3 quarter term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 08/01/10 Delivery Method: Online with face-to-face options Register: Examines water from a variety of perspectives relevant to K-8 students. Content includes essential physical and chemical properties of water, hydrological (water) cycle, fundamentals of water quality and watersheds, current issues related to water use, and water as a renewable resource. Applications of content include watershed field work, integration of literacy and technology, and analysis and evaluation of water related curriculum activities.

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY — GS 693 Environmental Perspectives of Energy for Teachers Instructors: Arlene Courtney Credits: 3 quarter term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 08/01/10 Delivery Method: Online Register: This course will explore our past and present utilization of energy and power; methods of energy generation; the impact of energy production and utilization on the environment; the implications of non-renewable technologies on finite resources; and the potential role of renewable alternatives for the future. A collaborative class project, the generation of an electronic energy text, will be a major component of this course. This project will involve significant use of electronic technology in the collection and dissemination of content materials to prepare a resource for use in classroom applications and to introduce this method of linking literacy and technology for active learning.

INTEGRATED COURSES

EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY - SCED 510 Integrated Science & Engineering for K-8 Teachers Instructors: Miriam Munck and Donna Rainboth Credits: 3 quarter-term credits Dates: Summer 2010: August 4, 5, and 6 + online Delivery Method: Hybrid course, 3 days face-to-face + online Register: Call Donna Rainboth 541-962-3772 to register. Students will learn science content though application of engineering processes and concepts. The course focuses on real-life issues and problems applicable to K-8 classrooms. Oregon engineering and science standards will be addressed. The course is an intensive 3-day experience with additional assignments, readings and discussion in an online format. Curriculum and materials are provided, as well as support for travel and room and board through a related grant.

LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — SCI 921 Ecoscapes 2010: Costa Rica Instructors: Kip Ault Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 7/26/10 — 8/05/10 Delivery Method: 10-day field-based course in Costa Rica Note: Additional fee covers travel, lodging, and meals. There is an application deadline of May 25, 2010 for this course. Register: Register at Lewis & Clark College. Complete the special student registration application if you are not a current L&C student. Compare and contrast the natural history, conservation policies, and classrooms of Costa Rica with those of Oregon. Ecoscapes participants journey through tropical forests, study biodiversity, and experience Costa Rican life. In Costa Rica spend some nights with host families in Sierpe while studying the local economy and schools, then travel to the Campanario field station to study the natural history of the La Osa Peninsula.

LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — SCI 620 Reading the Landscape: Inquiry into Local Story Instructors: Sue McWilliams Credits: 2 semester credits Dates: 06/22/10 — 06/25/10 Delivery Method: Intensive, face-to-face field course in Bend, OR Register: Register at Lewis & Clark College. Complete the special student registration application if you are not a current L&C student. Note: $100 course fee in addition to tuition. Uncover the web of relationships among people, their communities, and the landscapes they inhabit as revealed through local stories. Learn how to create place-based curriculum and anchor experiences to community resources amidst the regional landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. Discover the unique contributions to curriculum design offered by local museums, historical societies, and citizen organizations. Experience inquiry that demonstrates how the concept of a watershed integrates subjects.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 522 Dynamic Spreadsheets as Learning Tools in Science & Math Instructor: Maggie Niess Credits: 3 quarter-term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 08/13/10 Delivery Method: Online course Register: Provides opportunities to explore the algebraic reasoning involved when engaging students in learning with spreadsheets in science and mathematics classes. Students redesign units of instruction for grades 3-12 that integrate learning about designing dynamic and dependable spreadsheets as learning tools in science and mathematics. Explore how dynamic spreadsheets encourage students to extend problems and considering alternative questions.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 565 Inquiring Into Science & Mathematics Learning and Teaching Instructor: Emily van Zee Credits: 3 quarter term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 07/23/10 Delivery Method: Online course Contact Emily.vanZee@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-1880 for more information. Register: Participants prepare to lead instructional changes in their communities by planning inquiries into the learning that they foster in their own contexts, critiquing relevant literature, making connections to national standards, and constructing a documentary website or writing a journal article that reports upon ways to foster science and/or mathematics learning. Participants make in-depth examination of learning in science and mathematics that have relevance to teaching. The course builds skills for the integrated teaching of science and mathematics targeting appropriate content and pedagogy. Participants explore students' personal understandings of science and mathematics and turn this analysis into instructional design. Depending upon the teaching context that is the source of the inquiry, this course supports the PrISM themes of multiple literacies, integration of science and mathematics, and integrating science and mathematics across the curriculum.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 599 Topics in Science Education: Fostering Reflective Discourse in Science and Mathematics Contexts Instructor: Emily van Zee Credits: 3 quarter term credits Dates: 06/21/10 — 07/23/10 Delivery Method: Online course Contact Emily.vanZee@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-1880 for more information. Register: To register, go to: http://summer.oregonstate.edu/new-visiting/register/step-by-step.htm. The CRN is 74177. Current issues, trends, and topics in science education. This course will examine ways of speaking by students and their teachers that foster learning in science and mathematics contexts such as preK-16 classrooms and free-choice learning settings such as science museums, zoos, outdoor environmental sites, etc. Topics will include student and teacher questioning, forms of argumentation, small group collaborations, and whole group discussions.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — CI 510 Engaging in Science: Life Science for Classroom Teachers Instructor: Barbara Shaw Credits: 3 quarter term credits Dates: Online from 08/01/10 — 08/22/10 plus face-to-face 08/21/10 & 08/22/10 Delivery Method: Hybrid, mostly online Register: Register at Portland State University Meet and exceed the life science standards in your classroom. Examine the major concepts underlying life science and augment your understanding with hands-on labs and outdoor fieldwork as well as learn how to incorporate current science education research into in your classroom today. In this primarily online course, explore how you can best engage your students in the scientific process. Gain confidence not only to prepare your students for high stakes tests, but also to present them with a solid foundation of scientific concepts and process.