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Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
"The Achiever" is a monthly newsletter designed expressly for parents and community leaders. Each issue contains news and information about and from public and private organizations about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) New Online Tool Simplifies Financial Aid Process; (2) Rigor in K-6:…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Student Financial Aid, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Thomasian, John – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2011
STEM--science, technology, engineering, and mathematics--is critical to and supportive of many education reforms being undertaken today, from adoption of common internationally benchmarked standards to better teacher preparation to enhanced coordination across the entire K-20 education system. In fact, STEM is not a separate reform movement at…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Engineering Education, STEM Education, Mathematics Education
DeLuca, Diana Macintyre, Ed. – 1986
Essays focusing on creativity in the humanities and sciences are contained in this proceedings of the Creativity and Science Conference. The presentors, who represented many academic disciplines, agreed that creativity is as essential to the scientist as to the humanist and that one can prepare for it but not instruct or be instructed in achieving…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Creativity, Essays, Fine Arts
Ohio State Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus. – 1987
In an effort to provide teachers in Ohio with assistance in environmental education, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has produced this teachers kit. It is designed to describe what the Ohio EPA is doing to protect Ohio's air, land, and water. The background information provides an historical account of some of the events that have…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conservation (Environment), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Memphis State Univ., TN. Tennessee Administrative Software Clearinghouse. – 1987
Project WILD is an interdisciplinary, supplementary environmental and conservation education program which emphasizes wildlife. This document is one guide developed by Project WILD with the specific purpose of focusing on aquatic wildlife, or any wild animals that depend upon aquatic environments for survival. The book contains instructional…
Descriptors: Animals, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Ecology
Gordon, Marjorie R.; Bane, Leni L. – 1983
This multidisciplinary, annotated bibliography is offered to K-12 teachers, other educators, librarians, concerned parents, and community leaders to simplify locating and acquiring marine education materials and infusing marine subjects into existing curricula. Included are printed materials currently available from commercial publishers,…
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
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Hark, Amy T. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2008
The importance of engaging students in science and helping them to become informed citizens has been highlighted by many groups invested in science education. This report describes a project that furthers both academic and civic goals through the integration of a service learning component into an undergraduate course. This nonmajors class covers…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Service Learning, Biotechnology, Instructional Materials
O'Neal, Adrian – 1994
This activity packet provides educators with a series of hands-on interdisciplinary classroom and outdoor education activities for grades 6-8 that focus on geology and prehistoric life at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park, North Carolina. The packet was designed to meet established curriculum objectives of the North Carolina Department of Public…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
Gilliland, M. Janice; And Others – 1985
A four-week summer project for 100 rural tenth graders in the University of Alabama's Biomedical Sciences Preparation Program (BioPrep) enabled students to acquire and apply social sciences research skills. The students investigated drinking water quality in three rural Alabama counties by interviewing local officials, health workers, and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Community Surveys, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs