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Peer reviewedBidwell, James K. – School Science and Mathematics, 1994
Archimedes' method for estimating the value of pi is developed and compared with the Gregory-Machin infinite series method. Programs for the TI-81 calculator for finding the upper and lower bounds using the classical method and estimating pi using infinite series are provided.(Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Calculators, Courseware, Estimation (Mathematics), Geometry
Download full textPottenger, Francis M., III – 1984
Designed to help the classroom teacher choose materials and activities for students in implementing computer literacy, this guide provides a complete statement of behavioral objectives for the program in a taxonomy of objectives, and performance expectations are specified to provide both standards and evaluation guidelines. The grade level entry…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Literacy, Computers, Courseware
Harper, Christopher – Computing Teacher, 1994
Describes mobile computer carts developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science that use IBM PS/2 computers and Personal Science Laboratory probeware. Activities using temperature probes for elementary and secondary school students are described, including greenhouse environments, ice cream/chemical reactions, probe races, motion studies, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Selection, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDesilets, Brendan J. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1986
Describes use of the programing language "Logo" and the Apple II computer to teach high school students how to write extended definitions. By defining procedures in Logo for drawing simple geometric patterns, students learn that good definition requires precision, rewriting and, in complex tasks, recursion, an aspect of extended…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Learning Activities
Butler, Greg – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes how to create "cloze" lessons from student writing using FrEdWriter computer software. (SR)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Martin, Ron – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1988
Presents a two-lesson unit in which middle school students use the TimeLiner software program to create and print time lines for past presidents and their terms of office. Objectives, materials, activities/procedures, and evaluation are described for each lesson. (MES)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Courseware, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Web Feet K-8, 2000
This subject guide to weather resources includes Web sites, CD-ROMs and software, videos, books, audios, magazines, and professional resources. Related disciplines are indicated, age levels are specified, and a student activity is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Books, Computer Software, Courseware
Day, Dennis – Computing Teacher, 1994
Explains a social studies lesson for third graders that uses KidPix, a computer software graphics program to help students make maps and map keys. Advantages to using the computer versus hand drawing maps are discussed, and an example of map requirements for the lesson is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Courseware
Bracey, Bonnie – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1996
Describes activities for teaching geology that are appropriate for students in grades 3-8. Highlights include outside speakers; using technology, including computer software, CD-ROM, and laserdisks; e-mail and the Internet; posters; outdoor labs; field trips; and a list of resources for geology. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKemp, Champee C. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1995
Proposes using cookies (recipe included) and pizza to help Chapter I students, grades two through five, understand basic fraction concepts. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Elementary Education, Food
Martin, Ron – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Describes "Kid Cuts," an arts and crafts computer software program for students in prekindergarten through sixth grade that provides 22 activities in 6 curriculum areas. An example is given of an activity for kindergarten and first graders related to counting that includes library media skills objectives and mathematics objectives. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Courseware
Novelli, Joan – Instructor, 1994
The article presents technology projects that provide real-life reasons for students to learn geography. A variety of online networks take students on online field trips, linking them with scientists, zoologists, archaeologists, and explorers. Other interactive software is available to simulate trips to various locations around the world. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware, Creative Teaching
Highsmith, Joni Bitman – 1995
Aimed at children ages 1 to 5, this software product is designed to give preschoolers an essential skills head start with sight and sounds that will capture their interest. Different navigation methods in the program are designed for ease of use and also to meet the motor skills of very young children. The accompanying printed teaching guide…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities
Pitts, Ilse M.; And Others – 1985
CHOICE Tool School is an Apple computer software program designed to reinforce job and role information presented to primary-aged migrant students in the Basic Job and Role activity folders and workbooks. Learners must decide if randomly displayed tools are or are not used by the worker selected for the game theme. Learners may choose the level of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Objectives
Iowa State Dept. of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Des Moines. – 1987
Prepared for elementary and secondary teachers, this guide provides an annotated list of 72 instructional materials for teaching about farming and the products of Iowa farms. Entries, listed under the organization that provides the materials, state type of instructional material, major topics addressed, grades for which materials are appropriate,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Audiovisual Aids, Career Awareness, Courseware
