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:
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 $958.
- A 2-credit semester-based course at an independent college/university has a tuition of $958.
TUITION ASSISTANCE: Partial tuition assistance 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.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES
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EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY - SCED 510
Great Discoveries
Instructors: Miriam Munck, Carol Lauritzen, Michael Jaeger, Mary Fields
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 6/12/09 — 8/15/09
Delivery method: Three intensive face-to-face sessions: 1. La Grande, June 12-18 (6 days). 2. Pacific University, July 20-25 (6 days). 3. Hermiston, August 3-14 (10 days)
This course engages teachers in science activities designed to teach life science, physical science and nature of science, provide a pedagogy model, and classroom curriculum. Great Discoveries combines life science and physical science content. A sample of the units: Muscles and Machines explains levers, pulleys, wheel and axles and mechanical advantage concepts along with human arm and leg structures and functions. Human Zoo delves into microbes and human digestion. Light and Sights teaches understanding of the nature of light, lenses and human sight. Participants receive materials, curriculum, and some support for travel and room and board.
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EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY - SCED 510
Science Empowerment
Instructors: Miriam Munck, Donna
Rainboth
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 6/15/09 - 6/25/09,
Intensive 1-week, face-to-face, on-campus at EOU
Science empowerment teaches science inquiry methodology and the nature of science understanding. Instruction centers on life science (insects and ecological relationships), electro-chemistry, physical properties of matter and force and motion (content of flight).
The course combines content, pedagogy and innovative curriculum. Participants receive materials, curriculum, support for travel and room and board. This course develops teacher participant's skills as
science investigators and in using science inquiry as
a science teaching strategy. Science content in life science
and chemistry is taught through scientific investigation,
and Oregon science inquiry standards and student work
samples are addressed.
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LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — MATH 689
Quantify It! Integrating Math and Science
Instructor: Melina Dyer; Scott Ziglinski
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: TBA, 4-day, face-to-face, on-campus
Explore key concepts in K-5 science instruction and learn how to find the math connections in any science lesson. Teachers examine the NCTM focal points and modify existing curriculum to teach them well. Participants develop an understanding of reasoning using qualitative and quantitative data and learn a four-step model for finding the math content in any science lesson. The class emphasizes how to maximize existing curriculum for learning math and science concepts.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - CI 510
Engaging in Science: Life Science for Elementary Teachers
Instructor: Barbara Shaw
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN): TBA
Dates: TBA & online
Note: Optional Blackboard Orientation:
Sat 6/27, 8:00 - 9:30 am, 310 Graduate School of Education
Delivery Method: Online + face-to-face lab
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.
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MATHEMATICS FOCUS COURSES
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LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — MATH 505
Algebra for All
Instructor: Kasi Allen or Deborah Barany
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 06/22/09 — 07/17/09
Delivery Method: 3-weeks, face-to-face, 2 hours daily, M-F
Increasingly in our democracy, informed citizens must understand the fundamentals of algebra and demonstrate an ability to think algebraically. This course explores methods of supporting all students in mastering these skills - a new requirement for the Oregon diploma. Participants will review relevant research, explore the history of Algebra in the American curriculum, and examine strategies that foster the teaching and learning of algebra throughout a student's mathematical career in all grades K-12.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 588
Mathematics Curriculum
Instructor: Maggie Niess
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 06/22/09 — 07/24/09
Delivery Method: Online course
This course focuses on current trends in mathematics curriculum, the history of these trends, and the rationale for mathematics reform. The course emphasized the integration of math, science, and technology.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - CI 510
Deepening Mathematical Understanding in Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability for Elementary Teachers
Instructor: Catherine Brown
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN): 82499
Dates: 06/23/09 - 08/11/09
Optional Blackboard Orientation: Tuesday, June 23, 8:00 - 9:30 am, 310 Graduate School of Education
Delivery Method: Online with 2 face-to-face meetings: Tuesday, June 23, 9:30 - 4:00, and Tuesday, August 11, 8:30 - 3:30
Look at statistics as a problem-solving process. Explore investigations of different ways to collect and represent data, and describe and analyze variation in data. Learn how to apply what you have learned to practices in your own classroom. This course is organized around the Curriculum Frameworks from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 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.
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SCIENCE FOCUS COURSES
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EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY - SCED 510
The Invisible World of Microbes
Instructor: Joe Corsini
Credits: 3
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 08/05/09 — 09/05/09
Delivery Method: 1-month intensive online course.
Note: $50 lab fee in addition to tuition
This course will introduce the student to the amazing unseen organisms that exist in, on, and around us. It is content and project based, designed to provide both in depth knowledge about microorganisms and hypothesis driven exercises that can be developed into projects for use in the K-12 classroom. The content will be delivered online and the laboratory will consist of self-guided exercises that can be completed at home or in the classroom. The student will also be required to develop and submit a plan for a multi-week, grade-appropriate science project for use in their own classroom. Students will learn basic microbiology emphasizing bacteria and viruses, functions of the immune response in preventing and promoting disease, survey of microorganisms pathogenic to humans, laboratory methods for handling and studying bacteria.
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GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY — EDFL 512
Hands On Science
Instructors: Dwight Kimberly
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 06/29/09 — 07/03/09
Delivery Method: 5-day (Monday thru Friday) intensive face-to-face course, 8:30 - 3:30. Edwards Holman Science Building, Room 203
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.
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LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — SCI 675
Oregon Field Geology West: Coast to Cascades
Instructors: Robert Butler, Bonnie Magura
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 08/15/09 — 08/21/09, 1-week field course
Mandatory pre-trip meeting August 7, Roger Hall. Lewis & Clark campus
Note: Additional $350 fee covers travel, overnight lodging in cabins, and meals.
Field study in western Oregon of geologic processes of an active continental margin. The class journeys from the Pacific Coast to the Cascade Mountains while examining evidence of subduction zone earthquakes, docked seamounts, and active stratovolcanoes. Students learn to interpret the landscape with the theory of plate tectonics, to recognize regional geologic hazards, and to represent their interpretations as cross-sectional diagrams, stratigraphic columns, geologic maps and chronologies. Instruction emphasizes the ability to communicate these understandings to general audiences.
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LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — SCI 596
Earth/Space Science
Instructor: Jerry Kuykendall
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 06/22/09 — 07/09/09
Delivery Method: Intensive 2-week course, MTWTh 9-11 a.m.; Friday field trip 6/26, 8 am - 2 pm; one 2-hour evening astronomy TBA
Note: Additional $75 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.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 513
Science Materials & Labs: Nature of Science
Instructor: Nam Hwa Kang
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: TBA
Delivery Method: Online course
This course involves developing instructional materials, laboratories, and demonstrations to teach the nature of science for the elementary, middle, and high schools.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 598
Science Curriculum
Instructor: Emily van Zee
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 06/22/09 — 07/24/09
Delivery Method: Online course
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.
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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).
Course Record Number (CRN): K1345IG
Dates: TBA
Delivery Method: fieldwork and online
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.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — Sci 510
Connect2Science: Elementary Education Methods in Physical Science
Instructors: Nancy Lapotin and others
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: June 22 - 25, 2009, 8:00 - 4:00
Delivery Method: intensive face-to-face course
NOTE: The initial offering of this course in summer 2009 is a partnership between PSU and Portland Public Schools. It is funded by a separate grant and restricted to teachers employed by Portland Public Schools. Contact PSU if you are a PPS teacher and would like to enroll in this course. This will become a regular PrISM Oregon course in the future.
The Connect2Science Elementary Education courses are designed to inspire teachers to encourage children's natural curiosity and wonder about the world we live in through scientific exploration. The physical science course will support teachers to integrate the new Oregon state science content standards into their classroom curriculum with breakout sessions for K-2 and 3-5 teachers in the morning. The afternoons will engage teachers in Engineering and Design Inquiry based on hands-on projects that can be done with students.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — Sci 510
Connect2Science: Elementary Education Methods in Life Science
Instructors: Nancy Lapotin and others
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: June 29 - July 2, 2009, 8:00 - 4:00
Delivery Method: intensive face-to-face course
NOTE: The initial offering of this course in summer 2009 is a partnership between PSU and Portland Public Schools. It is funded by a separate grant and restricted to teachers employed by Portland Public Schools. Contact PSU if you are a PPS teacher and would like to enroll in this course. This will become a regular PrISM Oregon course in the future.
The Connect2Science Elementary Education courses are designed to inspire teachers to encourage children's natural curiosity and wonder about the world we live in through scientific exploration. The life science course will support teachers to integrate the new Oregon state science content standards into their classroom curriculum with breakout sessions for K-2 and 3-5 teachers in the morning. The afternoons will engage teachers in hands-on scientific inquiry based projects related to the content learned in the morning sessions.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY — Sci 510
HSD/BSD Connect2Science: Elementary Education Methods
Instructors: Melissa Potter and Ellen Lyon
Credits: 3 quarter-term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: Section I: June 22 - 25, 8:00 - 4:00
Section II: June 29 - July 2, 2009, 8:00 - 4:00
Delivery Method: intensive face-to-face course
NOTE: The initial offering of this course in summer 2009 is a partnership between PSU and Hillsboro School District and Beaverton School District. It is funded by a separate grant and restricted to teachers employed by by either Hillsboro SD or Beaverton SD. Contact PSU if you are a HSD/BSD teacher and would like to enroll in this course. This will become a regular PrISM Oregon course in the future.
The Connect2Science Elementary Education courses are designed to inspire teachers to encourage children's natural curiosity and wonder about the world we live in through scientific exploration. The HSD/BSD course will support teachers to integrate the new Oregon state science content standards in life and physical science into their classroom curriculum with breakout sessions for K-2 and 3-5 teachers in the morning. The afternoons will engage teachers in hands-on scientific inquiry based projects related to the content learned in the morning sessions.
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UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND - ED 591X
Art with Chemistry
Instructor: Raymond Bard
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: June 29 - July 2, 2009
Delivery Method: 4-day intensive summer class
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.
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UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND - ED 591X
Geology of Portland and the Columbia River Gorge
Instructor: Robert Butler
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: May 9-10 and May 16-17, 2009. IMPORTANT: Register by April 1, 2009
Delivery Method: Intensive weekends; field course
Note: Additional $300 (or less) field and transportation fees. Final costs depend on whether buses or vans are used.
Contact Anne Rasmussen to register: rasmusse@up.edu or 503-943-7135
This class will be held over two weekends, with the majority of the time spent in the field. Over the first two days, teachers will be introduced to the geologic history and geologic hazards of the Portland area. Topics of particular emphasis will include: ice-age floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and landslides. During the second weekend, four themes of the Columbia River Gorge geology that will be explored: Columbia River Basalts, Cascade volcanism, landslides, and climate gradient.
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UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND — ED 591X
Taking it Outside: Engaging in Relevant Field Studies
Instructor: Patricia Morrell, Susan Sahnow
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: August 10-12, 2009 (tentative)
Delivery Method: Hybrid, includes 3-day residential field experience
Field fees: TBD
Contact Anne Rasmussen to register: rasmusse@up.edu or 503-943-7135
This hybrid course combines on-line teaching with face to face learning. Teachers will be introduced to basic environmental and sustainability principles and field study methodology on-line prior to attending a 3 day residential "outdoor classroom". At the workshop participants will learn about teaching environmental topics with Project WET, Project WILD and Project Learning Tree, while engaging in age appropriate field inquiries.
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INTEGRATED COURSES
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LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — SCI 620
Reading the Landscape: Inquiry into Local Story
Instructors: Sue McWilliams
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 07/20/09 — 07/24/09
Delivery Method: Intensive, 5-day, face-to-face course
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.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 565
Inquiring Into Science & Mathematics Learning and Teaching
Instructor: Emily van Zee
Credits: 3 quarter term credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 06/22/09 — 07/24/09
Delivery Method: Online course
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.
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - SED 595
Assessment and Evaluation
Instructor: Maggie Niess
Credits: 3
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 06/22/09 — 07/24/09, 6-week Online Course
Contemporary assessment and evaluation theory and the development of valid cognitive, affective, and psycho-motor assessment items/tasks. In-depth attention is given to the development and scoring of alternative assessment techniques such as portfolios and projects.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - CI 510
Engaging in Science: Life Science for Elementary Teachers
Instructor: Barbara Shaw
Credits: 3
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: 07/06/09 - 07/26/09
Notes: Hybrid online + one face-to-face meeting, July 18-19 at Malheur Field Station
Meet and exceed the life science standards in your classroom. You will 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 your classroom today. In this primarily online course, you will explore how you can best engage your students in the scientific process. You will gain confidence not only to prepare your students for the high stakes tests, but also to present them with a solid foundation of scientific concepts and process.
- Your lessons will be more exciting and engaging by integrating life science and mathematics across the curriculum. We will examine the concepts in macrobiology, microbiology, and physiology, and discover the wonder of wildlife. Your design will incorporate many scientific techniques, such as observation, modeling, and data collection, using many of the incredible resources available on the web.
- Your students will make the connections and reach the understandings in life science and mathematics that will enable them to achieve more and will prepare them for the new rigorous graduatino requirements. Using the State of Oregon Mathematics and Science standards, we will examine the concepts in biology.
- Your students will apply mathematics and science principles to their own lives, families, and communities when you take your students outdoors to explore the wonder of life.
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UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND — ED 591X
Technology in Elementary Science and Math Instruction
Instructor: James Carroll
Credits: 2 semester credits
Course Record Number (CRN):
Dates: June 22-25, 2009
Delivery Method: Face-to-face, 4-day intensive summer class
Contact Anne Rasmussen to register: rasmusse@up.edu or 503-943-7135
In this course, we will explore software that supports diverse instructional approaches We will design activities to help students understand their own world through data collection and analysis, help students (and teachers) become technologically literate, and use technology to communicate math and science concepts. The technology skills learned are transferable across the curriculum.
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