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Download full textEnvironmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Solid Waste and Emergency Response. – 2001
This booklet contains examples of volunteer projects related to solid waste management as developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose mission is to protect human health and the natural environment. EPA's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) promotes volunteerism and community service programs for people of all ages. A variety of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Hands on Science
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Anita – Science and Children, 1996
Discusses reasons why inservice workshops often fail to impact science teaching. Describes restructuring of a workshop series so that teachers become real science learners, struggling with their own ideas about different scientific concepts as they design experiments and share theories with their peers. (JRH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Elementary Education, Hands on Science
Our Children, 1998
Good science education depends on solid content and active learning. Effective teaching in all the physical sciences should have a similar focus on important concepts and effective learning experiences. Students of all ages benefit from experiential learning. Inquiry, which combines hands-on and minds-on learning, engages students in a process…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Course Content, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBudd, Raymond T. – Gifted Child Today, 2003
This article discusses how Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) can be taught to gifted students in grades 4-9 using hands-on activities that align to the National Science Standards. Principles of magnetic levitation, advantages of magnetic levitation, construction of a Maglev project, testing and evaluation of vehicles, and presentation of the unit are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedJones, T. Griffith; And Others – Science Teacher, 1996
Describes a program where teams of fifth graders and high school junior and senior physics students work together to explore physical science principles and create a student-constructed exploratorium. Incorporates and synthesizes scientific inquiry, hands-on activities, and creative and critical problem-solving approaches in a motivating and fun…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Exhibits
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1997
The persistent underrepresentation of women and people of color in science and mathematics education and careers remains a challenge to all who champion the commitment of equity and excellence in education. This is the first publication in a series produced by the Science and Mathematics Education unit at the Northwest Regional Educational…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Career Awareness, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Pluralism
Education Development Center, Newton, MA. National Center to Improve Practice. – 1998
This videotape recording (20 minutes) and print profile illustrate how educators are using technology to help students with disabilities succeed in science. In the first segment of the video, several elementary classrooms in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are visited where students with and without disabilities carry out inquiry-based science with the…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities
