Mark Enfield

Elementary Science Teacher Educator 

School of Education
Campus Box 3500

Peabody Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500


COLE Program Coordinator


menfield@email.unc.edu

919-843-4813

Education
Vita


Research
Emergent Science literacy
Dissertation
Selected Papers


Teacher Education
MSU - Elementary Methods
UNC - Elementary Methods
Science for Elementary Teachers


Service
Academic Service
Science Teachers
Service outside of Academe


Home

Teaching Science to Diverse Learners:
Elementary Science Teacher Education

This portion of my web space is devoted to undergraduate teacher preparation of elementary science teachers.  This is both a home base for my methods students, some links to web sites that I find useful and a growing set of resources related to science teaching and learning.


TE401 - Fall 2004
    Syllabus, Course Sessions, Assignment descriptions are listed on the course CD-Rom.  E-mail Mark Enfield to obtain a copy of this CD-Rom.

Session Plans and Handouts
August 30, 2004
see above
September 7, 2004 Planned Activities: 1, 2, 3
Handouts: Sample Dialogue Response
September 13, 2004
Planned Activities: 1
Handouts: Sample Friction Lesson
September 20, 2004
Planned Activities:  1
September 27, 2004
Planned Activities: 1 (includes sample lesson)
Hansout: 1


TE402 - Spring 2004

Syllabus

Course Calendar - including related web links

Assignment Descriptions - Includes sample student work


Mini Units from  Spring 2004  TE402  - This  set of  4-6  lesson units  are sample  mini  units that focus on helping students learn to construct and reflect on science knowledge.  Constructing and Reflecting are two Strands  of the Michigan Curriculum Framework in Science.  The lessons are available as  a Word Document or as a  PDF  file.


Mini Units - Word File


Mini Units - PDF File


Web links:

Women in Science
This is an organized set of links I have compiled that highlight the contributions of women in science. 

Science reform documents and planning resources
This is a set of links I have compiled to current reform documents available on the internet for science education planning and teaching

 

Bibliography - STCSE

This link connects to a bibliography of research on students' and teachers' conceptions of ideas in science. 


   Science Resources

Reviewed Articles and Resources

This contains a set of articles and resources reviewed by former students.  There are links to the articles when possible. If you use this information, please give the authors their deserved credit.  

Lesson Plans

This contains a set of lesson plans written by former students. If you plan to use these lessons, please give the authors their deserved credit.