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Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
Most of the activities suggested in this trial version of the Genetics unit produced by the Australian Science Education Project rely on second-hand data, although one of the introductory activities suggested is based on results of a mouse breeding experiment. The unit is, therefore, expected to be suitable only for students who are capable of…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Genetics, Instruction
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
The teachers' guide to this trial version of a unit prepared by the Australian Science Education Project is an overprinted copy of the students' manual, including comments on the teaching techniques suggested for each activity, lists of recommended references and visual aids, and indications of links with other units produced by the Project. There…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Earth Science, Instruction
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
This trial version of a unit is the series being produced by the Australian Science Education Project provides instructions for students to prepare a variety of cell types and examine them with microscopes. It also gives some information about the variety and function of cells. The core of the unit, which all students are expected to complete,…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Cytology, Instruction
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
The core portion of this trial unit developed by the Australian Science Education Project provides activities from which students gain experience in the formation of images by water and glass lenses. Additional optional sections of the unit contain suggested activities and questions which lead to a study of mirrors, refraction, eyes and…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Instruction, Laboratory Manuals
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
This verion of a unit written by the Australian Science Education project, which is preparing materials for science instruction in grades seven through ten, is available for national testing. It contains two student books, the first providing instruction for six activities considered basic to an understanding of the aquatic habitat, and reading on…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum, Environmental Education, Pollution
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
The introductory core activities in this trial unit, prepared for students in grades seven through nine of Australian schools, use indicators derived from flower pigments to provide a more convenient measure of acidity than taste. Students are offered choices among seven options after completion of the core: "How Acidic is That?";…
Descriptors: Acids, Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum
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Sanford, Julie P. – Science Teacher, 1978
Reviews the Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) Food Chain Game. (SL)
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Games
Elementary Science Study, Newton, MA. – 1966
THIS TEACHER'S GUIDE IS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE STUDY UNIT, THE "BEHAVIOR OF MEALWORMS." BY MAKING CAREFUL OBSERVATIONS AND PERFORMING SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS, THE CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO APPROACH A PROBLEM, HOW TO INTERPRET AND EVALUATE DATA, AND, IN GENERAL, HOW TO CONDUCT A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. THE MATERIALS HAVE…
Descriptors: Behavior, Biology, Elementary School Science, Instruction
Elementary Science Study, Newton, MA. – 1967
THIS TEACHER'S GUIDE IS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE STUDY UNIT, "GROWING SEEDS," IN WHICH SUCH BASIC SCIENCE SKILLS AND PROCESSES AS MEASUREMENT, OBSERVATION, AND HYPOTHESIS FORMATION ARE INTRODUCED THROUGH STUDENT ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SEEDS, GERMINATION, AND SEEDLING GROWTH. THE MATERIALS WERE DEVELOPED FOR USE IN…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Biology, Botany, Elementary School Science
Crowley, Rose Lea; And Others – 1970
This teaching guide supplements a science unit concerned with bud maturation recommended for use in fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms. The first section describes possible activities for children to explore, such as field study, collections, dissecting, and experiments. The second section offers a few brief suggestions for teaching the unit. The…
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Mayer, William V. – 1970
This booklet contains a six-week series of laboratory investigations that may be used individually or in combination to complement other biology course materials or as an independent laboratory course in radiation biology. Contents include twelve activities dealing with radiation biology, five additional activities suitable for individual work,…
Descriptors: Biology, Instructional Materials, Radiation Biology, Science Activities
National Science Teachers Association, Washington, DC. – 1968
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SERIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF COURSES OF STUDY AND TEXTBOOKS IN SCIENCE BEGUN IN 1959 BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (NSTA). PART 1 LISTS COURSES OF STUDY ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE UNDER THE CATEGORIES OF (1) COURSES OF STUDY, GRADES K-3, (2) COURSES OF STUDY, GRADES 4-6, (3) LONG-RANGE COURSES…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biology, Chemistry, Conservation Education