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Peer reviewedBrune, Jeff; And Others – Science and Children, 1996
Explores the unique features of Alaska's Arctic ecosystem, with a focus on the special adaptations of plants and animals that enable them to survive in a stressful climate. Reviews the challenges facing public and private land managers who seek to conserve this ecosystem while accommodating growing demands for development. Includes classroom…
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedWelch, J. Edward, Jr. – Science and Children, 1994
Presents an overview of an interdisciplinary animal behavior unit on wolves, including aspects of science, social studies, and language arts. Includes sources of wolf information. (MKR)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animals, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedWhite, Michael – Science and Children, 1996
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Science Activities
Peer reviewedScience and Children, 1983
Suggests using "fasteners" as the basis of activities for nursery and kindergarten children. Fasteners include those worn by children (buttons, zippers, belt buckles, shoe laces, and others) and those used in such areas as art. A "fastener walk" is also suggested to observe such fasteners as hinges, clothespins, and others. (JN)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Science, Kindergarten, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Margaret, Ed. – Science and Children, 1979
Provides instructions for planting a variety of common plants including avocados, and sweet potatoes, oranges, and onions. Discusses key concepts to develop. (MA)
Descriptors: Botany, Early Childhood Education, Horticulture, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedHuetinck, Linda – Science and Children, 1994
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Musical Instruments
Peer reviewedAirey, Linda; Jereb, Jill – Science and Children, 1994
Presents a unit of study about acorns that involves science process skills and emphasizes interdisciplinary possibilities. (MKR)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Primary Education, Science Activities, Science Process Skills
Peer reviewedCampbell, Sharon – Science and Children, 1985
Explains how preschoolers use KINDER (the less difficult form of LOGO) to draw pictures on Apple II+/IIe microcomputers. Indicates that this activity is a source of fun and introduces youngsters to computer language and programing. Directions for teachers, and information on preparatory games, LOGO editor, student activities, and saving programs…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedScience and Children, 1983
Provides suggestions for teaching spatial relationships to preschool through primary age children, indicating that they need considerable firsthand experience to understand such relationships among objects. Several activities for teaching "opposites" and relative position are recommended, including the use of classroom puppets as vehicles for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities, Science Activities
Peer reviewedHampton, Carolyn H.; Hampton, Carol D. – Science and Children, 1979
The classroom care and maintenance of terrestrial isopods is described. Includes illustrations of isopod external anatomy, a potato trap for collecting isopods, and a constructed habitat for raising isopods. (MA)
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedScience and Children, 1996
Describes how to construct a safe, inexpensive rocket for use with young children. (MKR)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Science Activities
Peer reviewedWilliams, David L. – Science and Children, 1975
Stresses the importance of learner involvement, and adult patience and understanding, for a child's success in learning and consequently in living. (EB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Margaret – Science and Children, 1975
Discusses methods for introducing young children to the study of ecology. (PB)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Early Childhood Education, Ecology, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedKlein, Judith S. – Science and Children, 1975
Describes elementary school activities in which the students learn to associate the length of a shadow cast by an object with the position of the sun in the sky, thus allowing the students to form an operational definition of high noon. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instruction, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Margaret – Science and Children, 1978
This is an activity suitable for preschool and lower-grade elementary children. It involves growing mold on bread, fruit, and vegetables. (BB)
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instruction
