Improve the student's science laboratory skills. Improve the student's quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills by providing opportunities for the student to formulate or generalize basic physical science concepts from data which the student has generated. Improve the student's understanding through application of science concepts to everyday phenomena. Improve the student's ability to conduct scientific inquiry and communicate the results to others. The course is designed primarily for elementary education majors.
Instructors representing different disciplines teach Our Physical World.
Each instructor has developed a version of the course consistent with the general course purposes, goals and description. For details of different course versions click on the names below. The classes meet for six hours each week. Mondays and Wednesdays the classes meet for one hour. Tuesdays and Thursdays classes meet for a two-hour period.