RICHARD PFIEFER, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA  95192

   Team Teaching an Integrated Mathematics and Science Course

     In Spring 1994, professors from geology, biology and I were asked to 
develop a new course integrating the sciences and mathematics to be team 
taught in Fall, 1994. The National Science Foundation, under grant 
DUE-9354031, funded two-thirds of the costs with the remainder provided by 
the school. The anticipated student audience was upper division mathematics 
and science majors who planned on becoming high school teachers.
     After selecting the theme "Change Over Time" from the California Science 
Framework, we developed and taught a seminar style course subtitled "The 
Earth, Life and the California Environment."  We used a mix of activities, 
guest speakers, videos, and lectures combining our individual interests. The 
students learned in groups for most of the activities and they formed
interest-balanced teams for their final projects, which were presented to the 
class.  The development, syllabus, projects and outcomes of the course will 
be presented and outlines with reading lists will be provided.