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Andrews, Lori; Andrews, Steve – 1991
This packet is designed to help teachers maximize a zoo visit for children ages 5 to 7. The packet provides activities for use before, during, and after the zoo visit. Activities are provided to enhance student skills in language arts, reading, art, science, and math, and are correlated to the Oregon Essentials Learning Skills Common Curriculum…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Animal Behavior, Animals, Endangered Species
Cassens, Jennifer R., Ed. – 1988
This guide assists instructors in planning outdoor experiences, particularly in a camp setting. Although it is not a pre-packaged program, the book contains over 40 outdoor programming ideas, allowing instructors to create their own programs. It includes suggestions for goal setting, scheduling, housing, staffing, curriculum planning, policy…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Camping, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Holboke, Kathy; And Others – 1993
This packet was designed to help teachers maximize a visit to a zoo's Africa exhibit. The packet provides two levels of activities, grades 3-5, and grades 6-8, for use before, during and after the visit. Activities are designed to enhance skills taught in science, social studies, language arts, reading, art, and math. A multi-grade background…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL. Great Lakes National Program Office. – 1997
This book contains lesson plans that provide an integrated approach to incorporating Great Lakes environmental issues into elementary subjects. The book is divided into three subject areas: (1) History, which includes the origins of the Great Lakes, Great Lakes people, and shipwrecks; (2) Social Studies, which covers government, acid rain as a…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, History Instruction
Graves, Michelle – 1997
This guide addresses how to make small-group time with young children a meaningful, active, and engaging learning experience for both children and adults. The guide's introductory chapter outlines guiding principles for successful small groups, discusses the mechanical aspects of small-group times, explains how adults find and develop ideas for…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Group Activities, Group Experience
D'Amico, Linda – 1987
This teaching guide describes a specific learning activities approach in teaching K-3 students about the Andes region of South America. The guide is divided into three units which focus on geography, archaeology, and current Andean customs. The geography unit introduces: (1) map reading skills; (2) map symbols; (3) political boundaries; and (4)…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Archaeology, Elementary School Curriculum, Foreign Countries
Lokon, Elizabeth – 1995
This curriculum unit consists of a series of lesson plans focused on Japan for preschool students ages 3 to 5 years. The unit has five themes: (1) geography; (2) language; (3) people and clothing; (4) customs; and (5) food. Each theme has from four to eight activity lessons which address different developmental domains, including language, social…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Hollister, Sarah – 1997
This teacher's guide supplies information and hands-on activities to teach about trees from several disciplines. Activities are grouped into six areas that cover botany, social studies, arts and literature (aesthetics), and trees as a resource. Sections include: (1) Tree Identification, which defines trees and leaves and presents activities that…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Aesthetic Values, Botany, Creative Activities
Craig, Cheryl – 1985
Produced by the Alberta, Canada government, this document encourages educators to promote tolerance, understanding, and respect for diversity in Alberta schools. Chapter 1 presents definitions of basic terminology, while chapter 2 outlines a school's role in creating positive conditions for student growth in understanding human similarities and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Cultural Awareness
Coats, Victoria; Samia, Cory – 1991
This resource unit contains a teacher information packet and a middle school student activity packet to be used in creating a threatened and endangered species unit. The packet of student activities is designed to help maximize a field trip to the zoo and build on students' zoo experience in the classroom. The teacher information packet covers the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Animals, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
de Golia, Jack; And Others – 1987
Designed to help upper elementary school teachers prepare for a class expedition to Yellowstone National Park, this workbook presents environmental learning activities that are also useful in schools too distant for an actual visit. Either way, the workbook aims to develop student appreciation of Yellowstone, the life in it, and the park's value…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Educational Cooperation, Educational Games
Cowles, Milly; Aldridge, Jerry – 1992
This guide to designing activity-oriented classrooms for grades K-3 is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of research findings concerning the way children learn and the environments that best facilitate their learning. Chapter 2, which explains ways to set up an activity-oriented classroom, covers the administration's role…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, CO. Center for Education in Human and Medical Genetics. – 1983
This teacher's guide is intended to be used with "Genes and Surroundings," an activity unit on human and medical genetics for junior high and middle school students. The unit emphasizes variability and diversity in genetics and is organized around five themes: (1) individuality; (2) continuity; (3) variability in relation to others; (4)…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Biology, Course Objectives, Course Organization
American National Red Cross, Washington, DC. – 1995
This Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) education curriculum was developed for boys and girls, ages 6 to 17 years. It is a supplement to a similar program, "SMART Moves," aimed at prevention of drug abuse and premature sexual activity. The Act SMART prevention team should consist of a staff…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Activity Units, Curriculum Guides, Educational Games
Fredericks, Anthony D. – 1997
This book is designed to help librarians build a lasting and enthusiastic relationship with parents and to help parents extend the learning opportunities of their children through a literate environment. The book contains activity pages for 101 children's literature selections, aimed at children in grades K-6. The activity page for each book…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Books, Children, Childrens Literature
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