COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBE 4003 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Science Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI GÜNAY BALIM

Offered to

Science Teacher Education

Course Objective

Environmental science , the study of how humans affect and are affected by their environments .It provides an overwiev of enviromental science including the history of how enviromental problems have multiplied.Pollution end all other threats for nature will be discussed. To encourge to the student for protecting nature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   apprehending the living and non-living environment.
2   2. Learning geological formation of earth
3   3. Associating the environment with living and non-living beings
4   4. Apprehending the nutrition differences between living organisms
5   5. Apprehending the energy flow in living organisms.
6   6. Apprehending the element cycles in the nature
7   7. Learning the effects of pollutants on environment and human health.
8   8. Apprehending the recycling of wastes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is ecology,the scope of ecology,historical development and branches of ecology
2 Formation of Earth and changes that happen on Earth
3 Natural selection,What is a species, and how do species form Biological diversity
4 Terminology of ecology
5 Factors:Abiyotic and Biotic factors
6 Ecosystems
7 Energy flow in ecosystems
8 Course overview, evaluation, and midterm exam
9 Food, food -chain and food-net
10 Nutrient cycling, the nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle
11 Phosphate and sulphate cycling
12 Enviroment pollution.Air pollution
13 Water pollution
14 Soil pollution,radyoactive pollution
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

ARMS, K. 1990-Envirenonmental Science. BARBAULT, R. 1983. Ecologie generale. Paris. BEGON, HARPER, TOWNSEND. 1990. Ecology. BERKES,F. ve KIŞLALIOĞLU,M. 1990. Ekoloji ve çevre bilimleri.Istanbul. COLLIN,H. 1988. Ecologf and Environment.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Discussion
3. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of Student s quiz, project preparation and final exams are evaluated according to learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

agunay.balim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155334
LO.255334
LO.355334
LO.455334
LO.555334
LO.655334
LO.755334
LO.855334

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