Snails, lizards, frogs, and toads can be used to generate student interest in elementary school science. Art, writing, and science activities involving these animals are suggested. (CB)

This article presents a five-day science unit focusing on fish to get kindergarten students interested in science and ideas for incorporating science instruction with language arts and art instruction. (CB)

A close involvement with the arts helps students develop skills useful for any area of the curriculum. Techniques are suggested for making the arts more than just extracurricular activities. (DF)

Teaching about reading and writing should be flip sides of the same coin. Writing reinforces and develops skills traditionally thought of as reading skills. (PP)

Describes Math Safari, a mathematical, scientific, geographic, informational adventure for fourth grade students. It integrates all curriculum areas and other skills by using information children must find in books to pose math problems about animals. It encourages cooperative learning, critical reading, analysis, and use of research skills. (SM)

Describes how three teachers developed projects that connect classroom learning with the larger world. A second-grade class collects tea bag tags with applications in many subjects; fifth-grade students launched a stream clean-up; a middle school summer school communication class researched whether O.J. Simpson should stand trial for murder and…