One in a series designed to assist Arizona elementary and junior high school teachers in developing children's traffic skills, this curriculum guide for grade 5 deals with the how and why of traffic safety. Based on the introduction to highway safety rules and laws that students have mastered in grades K through 3, the program for grades 4 through…

Career education activities for use in Grade 5 are presented in the document. Behavioral objectives for the following subject areas are provided: art, homemaking, language arts, math, music, physical education, resource people, science, social studies, and workshop abilities. The bulk of the document consists of six units of activities focusing on…

The guide is one of a series for a statewide career education development project in Hawaii, based on a conceptual framework encompassing grades K-14. An introductory section in each guide includes directions for users; rationale for the project; a conceptual model (areas of individual growth, sequences of experience, and components of the…

Since 1968, Lindbergh School District fifth graders have participated in a five day resident camp program designed to foster an appreciation for nature, to promote self-reliance while developing emotional maturity, and to provide a communal living experience with peers and teachers. The handbook is a composite of teachers', administrators', and…

The heavily illustrated handbook provides a collection of informally organized career education instructional materials for grades four and five. Some of the topics stressed include: self-concept, career awareness, and career exploration. The instructional materials are varied and include worksheets, learning activities, games, experiments,…

The career exploration booklet in the Room to Grow series is intended for use in the fifth and sixth grades. Its purpose is to motivate each student to investigate the self and to become aware of and develop individual potentials and abilities. The booklet may also supplement career development activities in other grades. Each student should have…

This curriculum guide suggests materials, resources, and activities related to social studies knowledge and skill development for grades 4-6. Third grade activities are also included to inform intermediate teachers what has been previously taught. Part of a series of social studies program guides designed to be used in the Spokane public schools…

The third of this series of three volumes on interdisciplinary environmental learning experiences for elementary students is aimed at grades 5 and 6 and deals with the comunity environment of the student. Titles of the eight units included in this volume are: Probleem Solving; How to Plan a Clean-up Campaign in the Local Community; Scars upon the…

This curriculum guide describes an activity-oriented marine study program, designed for use with middle school children (grade 5). The content focuses primarily upon the life sciences, with some emphasis on chemistry and geology. Following the development of a rationale for the inclusion of marine sciences in the school curriculum, a middle…

This teacher's guide, one of nine teacher packages developed for use in the sequential, hands-on, field-oriented, K-8 environmental education program of the Martin County Schools in Florida, was developed for use with elementary children in grade five prior to and after a visit to an environmental studies center located near an estuarine area. The…

The goals of the Career Motivation Program in the Akron Public Schools are to provide students in grades K-6 with activity-centered experiences geared to the development of self-concepts and attitudes toward work and an appreciation of all vocations and the dignity of all workers. Career motivation is the first phase of the Career Development…

The PACE project is directed to all students in grades 4-6 in the Mehlville School District (St. Louis, Mo.). The major purpose of the project is to involve students in an enrichment program to develop skills in self-understanding and in effective communication with parents and others, and is based on the idea that there is a need for a more…

The field tested instructional unit was designed to help fifth graders understand principles related to economics. Lesson topics are: supply and demand, items that maintain a high value, seasonal tourist attractions, seasonal and fluctuating products, principles of budgeting, saving money, and investment possibilities. An introduction for the…

The collection of lesson units for grades 5 and 6 is part of a K-6 career education program. Learning activities relate the subject areas directly to occupations, emphasizing how the skills of the various disciplines are needed in different jobs. Some of the suggested techniques are field trips, guest speakers, and role playing. Included also are…

The major objective of this instructional program on the People's Republic of China is to help elementary grade students develop an understanding and tolerance of cultural relativism. The development of intellectual, affective, and psychomotor skills through the utilization of subject matter is also an important objective of the program. The…