Additional Requirements:
Candidate must be teaching Science in grades K-5
Candidate must hold a certificate in at least one of the following areas:
- Early Childhood Education (P-5)
- Middle Grades Science (4-8)
- Special Education General Curriculum/Early Childhood Education (P-5)
- A Special Education Field (which may include gifted education) with a core content concentration in Science.
Pre-Requisite for all three courses:
The target audience for this course is elementary teachers who desire to increase their professional practice and content knowledge of science within the K-5 setting.
Course Descriptions
The Endorsement is divided into three courses consisting of 5 PLUs each and must be taken in sequence. Completion of the three courses is required in order to add the K-5 Science endorsement to an existing level 4 professional teaching certificate or higher.
This is a job-embedded program. Candidates must pratice skills with students.
Course 1: Teaching Physical Science
This course is one of three courses of the K-5 Science Endorsement. The course focuses on content knowledge, science inquiry, and strategies for teaching physical science. The course will provide an online instructional and research opportunity in the organization of physical science with a focus on K-5 science Georgia Performance Standards.
The online approach will model the same process of scientific inquiry as a regular classroom structure including reading, research, discussion, and other interactive experiences. The course provides effective teaching methodologies, strategies, development and implementation of inquiry lessons that can be used when teaching physical science.
Course 2: Teaching Earth Systems Science
This course is the second of three courses of the K-5 Science Endorsement. The course focuses on content knowledge, science inquiry, and strategies for teaching Earth Systems Science. This will provide online instructional and research opportunity in the organization of Earth Systems Science with a focus on K-5 science Georgia Performance Standards. The online approach will model the same process of scientific inquiry as a regular classroom structure including reading, research, discussion, and other interactive experiences. The course provides effective teaching methodologies, strategies, development and implementation of inquiry lessons that can be used when teaching Earth Systems Science.
Course 3: Teaching of Life Science
This course is one of three courses of the K-5 Science Endorsement. The course focuses on content knowledge, science inquiry, and strategies for teaching life science. The course will provide an online instructional and research opportunity in the organization of life science with a focus on K-5 science Georgia Performance Standards. The online approach will model the same process of scientific inquiry as a regular classroom structure including reading, research, discussion, and other interactive experiences. The course provides effective teaching methodologies, strategies, development and implementation of inquiry lessons that can be used when teaching life science.