Designed to give career education linkers an organizing perspective from which to view their career education work, this half-day workshop contains a total of eleven activities dealing with directions to the trainer; an introduction to linking; and roles, activities, and skills of the linker. Individual activity topics are an overview of the…

The purpose of this booklet is to introduce teachers and students to the Blacksmith's Shop, one of the many craft programs available for student participation at the Brookville Homestead site developed to recreate life as it was in the early days of Long Island's settlement. Active participation in the blacksmithing craft activity is designed to…

This Portfolio Builder, designed for participants in the Building Better Career Futures (BBCF) program, helps participants explore, work towards, and realize their life and career goals. It is to be used as a tool to help students reflect on their own ideas about career development and to later market themselves in the world of work. This…

Designed to work with and be integrated into the existing curriculum, this learning packet contains activities that encourage discussion and critical thinking by students about the U.S. Constitution. The first activity teaches fundamental principles of government while the second asks students to explain how the Constitution was written through…

Worksheets are provided for use by students in grades 8 and above when sectioning a tetrahedron. Lesson objectives include the discovery of generalizations regarding the cross-sections of a tetrahedron. (MK)

This module introduces the student to a formal study of probability. The lessons progress from elementary notions of least likely to more complex considerations of the probability of occurrence of one or more possible outcomes. Probability is introduced in an empirical sense through experimentation and investigation. In the later experiments, the…

Problems and activities are presented for which "I can't do it" or "It can't be done" are the correct responses. Including problems of this type in the curriculum adds a new dimension to students' learning and helps to develop better problem solvers. (Author/MK)

A variety of geoboard activities for use with primary children is suggested. (MK)

Presents a hands-on activity for bridging the gap between the exposure to three-dimensional topography and contour mapping. This activity describes the use of a volcano-making activity and offers laboratory sheets that can be duplicated for student use. Argues that students learn the concept of contour mapping better in a guided fashion that holds…

Masters of worksheets containing flowchart activities are given. Sheets appropriate for levels 1 through 8 are included. (MK)

Thirty-six lessons for introducing the metric system are outlined. Appropriate grade level is not specified. The metric lessons suggested include 13 lessons on length, 7 lessons on mass, 11 lessons on capacity, and 5 lessons on temperature. Each lesson includes a list of needed materials, a statement of the lesson purpose, and suggested…

The objectives of this module include students being able to: measure using the metric system, determine ratios of different types, and analyze a problem using ratios. Some of the worksheets require the development of ratios from physical activity; others require the development and analysis of ratios using parts of the student's own body.…

In anticipation of the celebration of Metric Week 1980, a collection of metric activities from a mathematics lab is presented in this article. The activities were selected as being most suitable to grades 2-6 and easily adaptable to classroom mathematics. (Author/MK)

Masters of worksheets which provide experience with nonstandard constructions are provided. (MK)

Within this single module there are two approaches to this brief survey of logic. Since most geometry textbooks fail to give an adequate discussion of logic, a "textbook" treatment of the subject has been included. This is found as explanations interspersed in the exercises and these can be used as a textbook approach. However, also included is an…