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Hanson, Jack – Man/Society/Technology, 1977
Describes three plastics projects (which involve making a styrene fishing bobber, an acrylic salad fork and spoon set, and acetate shrink art) designed to provide elementary level students an opportunity to work with plastics and to learn about careers in plastics production and distribution. (TA)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Elementary Education, Industrial Arts, Learning Activities
Horton, Robert L.; And Others – 1994
This sourcebook, for use with groups of up to 25 young people ages 10 and up, is designed to stimulate a sense of environmental stewardship for the planet through group discussion, role playing, experimentation, demonstration, and simulation. Lessons that stand alone or can be used in sequence require common materials and little preparation,…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Environmental Education, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1984
This curriculum guide provides materials for the industrial arts (grades 7-9) subject cluster of manufacturing. This subject cluster has four areas of study: metalwork, plastics, woodwork, and manufacturing. Introductory materials include an overview of the industrial arts curriculum in its entirety, a listing of program objectives for each of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Curriculum Guides, Finishing

Burgess, Carla B., Ed. – 1990
Littering is a careless act indicating lack of respect for the environment, other people, and wildlife. Through education people can learn the consequences of littering and how to stop doing it. This book, designed for elementary children, presents a collection of 16 activities, ideas and resources concerning litter in the aquatic and marine…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
El Paso Community Coll., TX. – 1988
Curriculum guides are provided for plastics technology, industrial maintenance, and computer numerical control. Each curriculum is divided into a number of courses. For each course these instructor materials are presented in the official course outline: course description, course objectives, unit titles, texts and materials, instructor resources,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Software, Curriculum Guides, Industrial Arts
Landers, Jack M. – 1984
This curriculum guide is an aid to administrators and instructors of industrial arts and vocational-technical school programs for the development of meaningful curriculum in plastics. The materials are intended for use at four levels: level I, exploring plastic technology; Level II, basic plastic technology; and levels III and IV, applied plastic…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Objectives, Careers, Course Content
Ayers, Jerry B., Ed.; Olberding, April H., Ed. – 1997
In June 1997, Tennessee Technological University's Center for Manufacturing Research conducted a one-week program on plastics recycling for science teachers. The purpose of the program was to increase the teachers' basic knowledge about the importance of recycling plastics and to better prepare the teachers for teaching recycling in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education

Zinser, Richard W. – 1997
This guide was developed to provide assistance in developing and implementing school-to-work programs for the plastics industry throughout the state of Michigan. It is a resource for plastics companies, school districts, community colleges, business development organizations, local governments, work force development boards, or any group…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Integrated Curriculum
Bergandine, David R.; Holm, D. Andrew – 1991
The materials in this curriculum supplement, developed for middle school or high school science classes, present solid waste problems related to plastics. The set of curriculum materials is divided into two units to be used together or independently. Unit I begins by comparing patterns in solid waste from 1960 to 1990 and introducing methods for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides, Environmental Education
South Dakota State Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Pierre. – 1986
This guide for a model industrial arts curriculum for state and local planning has been designed for public school administrators and teachers who wish to establish an industrial arts curriculum in their school or would like to expand an existing one. Covering levels K-12, the guide first suggests a program by operational levels. It then outlines…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Construction (Process), Curriculum Development
Barker, Tommy G. – 1984
This curriculum guide is designed to assist junior high schools industrial arts teachers in planning new courses and revising existing courses in plastics technology. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: introduction to production technology; history and development of plastics; safety; youth leadership,…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Entrepreneurship, Equipment Utilization, Finishing

Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, KY. – 1998
This document contains 12 units of study for a competency-based workplace literacy program, developed by Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, for a local plastics and engineering company. Each unit covers between two and nine competencies. Of the 12 units, 5 are devoted to language skills and 7 are devoted to mathematics. Each…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Arithmetic, Behavioral Objectives