Describes two strategies to help students start writing poetry. The first involves underlining key subject words in poems or replacing them with other subject words. In the second, students record interesting facts about an animal and rearrange them in order of interest. (BC)

Argues that while children seem to be spending less time physically in natural surroundings, they also seem to worry more about the disappearance of nature in a global sense. (CCM)

Describes a learning strategy which emphasizes the importance of fantasies as meaningful experiences in promoting intuitive and subjective thought. A sample fantasy essay is provided. (BC)

Outdoor environmental education activities were designed as part of a field trip focusing on design concepts. The field trip consisted of four sessions: (1) acclimatization; (2) patterns and layout; (3) form and function; and (4) moods and patterns. Activities related to each session are described and discussed. (JN)

Offers 18 suggestions for planning, organizing, and getting the most out of an educational field trip before, during, and after the experience. (WB)

Discusses how and where to find insects and other invertebrates in winter, as well as how to collect samples in order to watch those animals reappear in spring. Includes crickets, honey bees, mosquitoes, house flies, and butterflies and moths. (MA)

This article discusses the values of field trips, and the problems which arise in planning, serving to discourage their use as a teaching technique. The short field trip on school property is proposed and discussed as a means of avoiding many problems. A book of ideas by Russell for short field trips is available. (TK)

Provides information on school-year field trips and visits to environmental centers. Also provides suggestions on preparing students and teachers' for the trips, lesson planning, and teaching in the field. Problems related to class discipline on trips and teachers feeling lack of knowledge are considered. (BC)

Highlights a workshop exploring the objectives and activities of the Human Habitat Study, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to the maintenance of a healthful and healing global environment. Workshop activities focused on left/right brain inventory, a rationale for curricula, and a strategy for developing instructional programs. (BC)

Describes an environmental education program which focuses on nature in Indian myths. Instructional strategies used in the program include storytelling, free association, play-acting involving members of the audience, dancing, and sharing of artifacts during a question and answer period about Vermont Indians. (JN)

Summarizes a nuclear power workshop that presented techniques useful in controversial issues education. An introductory exercise and an overview of propagandistic techniques (listed in "The Propaganda Game") related to self-deception, language, irrelevance, exploitation, form, and maneuver are included. Outline of workshop presentation…

Highlights a workshop with children focusing on the treatment of controversial issues and guidelines typically provided by school districts or organizations. Activities designed to stimulate discussion on three issues (endangered species, acid rain, and predator control) are included. (BC)

Provides an outline of a presentation which focused on teaching science environmentally and extending the teaching outdoors. Includes a discussion of the sumac as a typical topic to illustrate the ideas and strategies cited. (BC)

Describes nonvisual sensory experiences to use on a trail walk for blindfolded persons. Provided are suggestions for organizing such a walk and descriptions of resource materials. (WB)