This article addresses the use of spring and fall equinoxes as inspiration for a multidisciplinary miniunit for primary grades on the concepts of equilibrium and balance. (LZ)

Describes an arts unit on music and poetry for upper elementary classes which covers tone color, dynamics, register, tempo, form, and enunciation. Students read poems, write and record their own poems, and listen to poetry readings. The unit concludes with a choral speaking experience. (AM)

This four-week unit of study for grades 1-3 provides information and activities on 17 different dinosaurs. A 21-item pre- and post-test and a brief history of dinosaurs precede descriptions and full-page drawings of the following dinosaurs: (1) giant plant-eaters (brachiosaurus, brontosaurus, and diplodocus); (2) giant meat-eaters (allosaurus,…

Describes a combined local history/printmaking project conducted by students in grades one through nine at Armitage Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Students studied and drew local buildings and printed the results as a calendar. (SJL)

A nine-week instructional unit to increase multicultural awareness of North Dakota sixth-grade students with hearing impairments is described. The unit involved students in such areas as charting family trees, reading and writing about U.S. history and cultural diversity, art, speech and rhythm, and math. (DB)

Describes a unit in which elementary students experience life in ancient Egypt by role playing different positions in society. Students research their role, prepare a paper doll dressed in the clothing of their role, analyze an opera, and paint a window in the stylized method used on Egyptian tomb paintings. (RM)

Designed for a ninth grade gifted history class, this interdisciplinary unit of study includes critical examination of two interpretations of the character of Shakespeare's Richard III. (RM)

This article describes a course in ancient Egyptian studies for gifted elementary students. The course incorporates social studies, science, math, language, reading/writing, and art activities. Students study history and development of Egyptian culture, reading and writing with glyphs, and analyzing and evaluating Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.…

The goal of this unit is to help children explore the aspects of X-rays and radiology in society. Students develop an understanding that X-rays are silhouette images, beneficial in health care, and a part of radiology. The history and development of X-rays as well as their applications in advancing technology are also explored. The unit is…

This unit was designed to encourage students to identify and analyze local, national, and global environmental problems. The emphasis of the unit is on the cause-effect relationship humans have with the environment. It is made up of four sections of learning activities and suggestions, one for each of the core disciplines: language arts, social…

Studying about stellar constellations provides children with an opportunity to learn about ancient myths and mathematics at the same time. An interdisciplinary teaching unit combines information about myths associated with the zodiac signs and instructions for plotting the coordinates of stars. (PP)

Briefly describes six interdisciplinary units of study within one advanced course on scientific and literary thought for secondary students. It identifies aims and objectives for the overall course and suggests activities and a reading list for each unit. Units are on metaphor, psychology, spirituality, mythology, chaos theory, and holism. (DB)

A teacher of upper elementary deaf students describes a multidisciplinary study unit focused on the Alaskan dogsled race, the Iditarod. Activities included studying Alaskan geography and history, following specific racers (mushers) through daily updates faxed from Alaska, writing letters to mushers, calculating math facts related to the race,…

Presents an interdisciplinary unit that integrates mathematics, social studies, and technology to collect and analyze data about the fifty states. (MKR)

The Global Change Instruction Program was designed by college professors to fill a need for interdisciplinary materials on the emerging science of global change. This instructional module introduces the basic features and classifications of clouds and cloud cover, and explains how clouds form, what they are made of, what roles they play in…