Adult Secondary Education Specialty Certificate Course Offerings--Science
Each course 6 hours
ASE SC1: Living Organisms and Ecosystems
Understanding the nature and interactions of living things is critical for decision making related to human and environmental health. A basic understanding of living organisms and ecosystems is vital for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with the Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies and activities to teach the types of living organisms, cell structure and function, and basic interactions of living things in various ecosystems. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction.
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ASE SC2: Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution
An understanding of DNA and gene function is basic to understanding recent and anticipated advances in science. A basic understanding of genetics, molecular biology and evolution is vital for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies and activities to teach DNA structure and gene expression, their role in human health, and how species change over time. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction.
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ASE SC3: Physical Science
An understanding of physical science helps us to better appreciate the natural laws by which our physical world operates. Understanding the composition and forces of nature is vital for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies, and activities to teach atomic structure, chemical equations, energy conservation and transfer, and basic physics concepts of work, forces and motion. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction
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ASE SC4: Environmental, Earth and Space Science
An understanding of the concepts of earth systems and their interaction with living things is essential to protecting our world. Understanding the nature of the earth and its place in the universe is important for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies, and activities to teach earth systems and interactions, basics of global change, space structure, and cosmos organization. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction.
Expected Outcomes - You will:
ASE SC1: Living Organisms and Ecosystems
Understanding the nature and interactions of living things is critical for decision making related to human and environmental health. A basic understanding of living organisms and ecosystems is vital for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with the Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies and activities to teach the types of living organisms, cell structure and function, and basic interactions of living things in various ecosystems. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction.
Expected Outcomes - You will:
- · Understand and use the Adult Education Standards for Scientific Practice/Inquiry
- Understand concepts necessary to successfully complete Adult High School science courses and pass high school equivalency exams.
- Identify course content requirements based on Adult Education Standards
- Understand what instructors should know and be able to do to deliver effective instruction
- Analyze pictorial and graphic information
- Know how to use technology to enhance learning
- Know how to design and plan instruction based on assessment results
- Know where to locate supplemental resources
ASE SC2: Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Evolution
An understanding of DNA and gene function is basic to understanding recent and anticipated advances in science. A basic understanding of genetics, molecular biology and evolution is vital for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies and activities to teach DNA structure and gene expression, their role in human health, and how species change over time. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction.
Expected Outcomes - You will:
- · Understand and use Adult Education Standards for Scientific Practice/Inquiry
- · Understand concepts necessary to successfully complete Adult High School science courses and pass high school equivalency exams.
- · Identify course content requirements based on Adult Education Standards
- · Understand what instructors should know and be able to do to deliver effective instruction
- · Know how to use technology to enhance learning
- · Analyze pictorial and graphic information
- · Know how to design and plan instruction based on assessment results
- · Know where to locate supplemental resources
ASE SC3: Physical Science
An understanding of physical science helps us to better appreciate the natural laws by which our physical world operates. Understanding the composition and forces of nature is vital for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies, and activities to teach atomic structure, chemical equations, energy conservation and transfer, and basic physics concepts of work, forces and motion. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction
Expected Outcomes - You will:
- · Understand and use the Adult Education Standards for Scientific Practice/Inquiry
- · Understand concepts necessary to successfully complete Adult High School science courses and pass high school equivalency exams
- · Identify course content requirements based on Adult Education Standards
- · Understand what instructors should know and be able to do to deliver effective instruction
- · Know how to use technology to enhance learning
- · Analyze pictorial and graphic information
- · Know how to design and plan instruction based on assessment results
- · Know where to locate supplemental resources
ASE SC4: Environmental, Earth and Space Science
An understanding of the concepts of earth systems and their interaction with living things is essential to protecting our world. Understanding the nature of the earth and its place in the universe is important for adult students’ future success. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills students need to meet the requirements of exit exams and be prepared for college and career opportunities. Content is aligned with Adult Education Standards with emphasis on instructional techniques, strategies, and activities to teach earth systems and interactions, basics of global change, space structure, and cosmos organization. Participants will learn how to design and use contextual, interactive and collaborative lessons and activities to enhance instruction.
Expected Outcomes - You will:
- · Understand and use Adult Education for Scientific Practice/Inquiry
- · Understand concepts necessary to successfully complete Adult High School science courses and pass high school equivalency exams
- · Identify course content requirements based on Adult Education Standards
- · Understand what instructors should know and be able to do to deliver effective instruction
- · Know how to use technology to enhance learning
- · Analyze pictorial and graphic information
- · Know how to design and plan instruction based on assessment results
- · Know where to locate supplemental resources