Observation and Experimentation in Geosciences

Recommended Prerequisites

Without prerequesites.

Teaching Methods

The lectures, with the supervision of the teacher, include the search and selection of innovative laboratory and field practical activities for the teaching of Geosciences of the 3rd cycle of Basic and Secondary Education.

The practicals are planned, organized and implemented by the students, including the development of the didactic materials and preparation of the lab and field materials, instruments, protocols and field guides. All the activities are presented orally and in writing, promoting the critical analysis, creativity and concern with scientific rigour.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to provide the students with the competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate practical activities, including laboratory, field and experimental work, under the syllabus of Geosciences, especially in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education.

The students should:

1. Understand the concepts of Geosciences in Basic and Secondary Education;

2. Know how to apply the Geosciences knowledge in carrying out practical work in the context of specific syllabuses;

3. Know how to use of the means and appropriate communication materials in the laboratory and field;

4. Have the skills to independently use the appropriate methodologies, within the framework of specific contents of observation and experimentation in Geosciences.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Practical activities in the teaching and learning of Geology.

The importance of the observation and experimentation in the teaching and learning of Geology. Observation of objects resulting from geological processes.

Geological museums and sites with geological interest in the teaching and learning of Geology.

Practical activities in textbooks of the 3rd cycle of the Basic Education and Secondary Education.

Didactic materials and instruments applicable to Geology teaching and learning – Examples.

Planning, preparation, implementation and assessment of laboratory practical activities and outdoor activities appropriate to the syllabuses of the 3rd cycle of the Basic Education and Secondary Education.

Building of didactic materials and instruments for the Geosciences practical activities, including models and field guides.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joana Margarida dos Santos Simões Torres

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Participation and attendance in the activities.The students can discuss of the final versions of the written work during the exam periods: 10.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 90.0%

Bibliography

Grotzinger, Jordan 2010. Understanding Earth. New York: Freeman & Company

Tarbuck, Lutgens, Tasa 2013. Earth: An introduction to physical Geology. New Jersey, USA: Prentice Hall.

A bibliografia específica será apresentada aos estudantes de acordo com os trabalhos práticos a realizar/The specific bibliography will be presented to the students according to the practical activities