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This course will provide the Elementary Education major with an integrated approach to the critical thinking skills and content of both biology and earth science. While this course is designed to be a survey of the interactions between the earth and the life forms that inhabit it, special emphasis will be given to Christian stewardship, ethics, and the underlying principles necessary to conduct activities within the life and earth sciences. Lab included. Open only to Elementary Education majors.

This course is designed to be a survey of natural science topics through selected readings from the text, supplemental sources, and related activities. Concepts in the following areas will be covered: the nature of science, fundamental concepts in Physics, fundamental principles of Chemistry, and Environmental Science.

This course is designed to be an introduction to physical science principles and concepts. An examination of the following areas will be covered: the scientific method, mathematics in science, Newton's Laws of motion, energy, electromagnetism, heat, atomic structure, nuclear energy, atomic bonding, compounds, and mixtures.