A major emphasis is on critical thinking as environmental issues often cause polarization between opposing groups. 3 content units available through CSU Fresno. The course addresses how the use of high-density energy sources and a revolution in the production of synthetic materials has transformed human society. As such it emphasizes the role that chemistry and physics play in shaping our world. Technological innovation has made possible an expanding population, but that population consumes resources at an exponentially growing rate.
Society looks toward science and technology to find new energy sources and to solve future problems.
3 content units available through CSU Fresno. This course seeks to explore newer methods of conceptualizing topics in science by having students engage in authentic teaching activities that promise to be particularly effective in the classroom. Students of this course will collaborate in developing novel and engaging approaches of targeted concepts, and will present them to the class. They will review the available literature, then develop worksheets, activities, demonstrations, and experiments to provide their future students with a constructivist approach to learning. The emphasis will be on topics in chemistry.