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Implementation Model for a Science Program, Getting Underway: The Science Educator's Story
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Smith, George F. – Science and Children, 1971
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Inservice Teacher Education, Science Programs
Science at the Los Alamos Ranch School
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Wohlberg, Margaret – Science and Children, 1976
Describes a science curriculum emphasizing outdoor education that was in existence at the Los Alamos Ranch School from 1918 until 1943. (LS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Convert Your Text Series into a District Science Program.
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Gega, Peter C. – Science and Children, 1982
Four approaches may be used to convert an existing textbook science program into a district science program. These include correlated resource, chapter, lesson, and generalized approaches, each approach using an adopted textbook series as a base (determining subject scope/sequence) into which local aims and resources may be integrated. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
How Essential is Science at the Elementary Level?
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Gerlovich, Jack A.; And Others – Science and Children, 1981
Following evidence indicating lack of science instruction in schools, a science curriculum expressed as a modified pyramid, with the majority of process skills, content, and contemporary issues introduced at the K-6 level is described. Includes two tables indicating which grade level skills, content, and issues should be introduced and emphasized.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Early Adolescence: Focusing on the Senses.
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Padilla, Michael – Science and Children, 1980
Described is a junior high science curriculum which lists two purposes, emphasis on activities and studying science topics which are meaningful to early adolescents. A curriculum that offers opportunities for adolescents to explore each of the five senses and their attributes is outlined. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Junior High Schools, Science Activities
Change-- Slow, Steady, and Low Risk.
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White, Edwin P. – Science and Children, 1982
Offers suggestions and strategies to help improve elementary and middle school science programs. Focuses on three variables important in planning to improve a science program: begin slowly, proceed steadily, and minimize the risk to the people (teachers, administrators, parents) who will be affected by the changes. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Early Adolescence: Integrating Activities Into a Textbook Program.
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Padilla, Michael J. – Science and Children, 1981
Supports the importance of selecting science activities for middle school students that are appropriate to their age level. Lists a variety of resources for science activities, including 11 unit guides, three source books, four journals, and professional meetings. (CS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
"You Have to Have an Ocean to Teach about the Ocean."
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Fortner, Rosanne – Science and Children, 1980
Discussed is the importance of marine education, whether located near an ocean or not. Activities are suggested for inland schools to facilitate the teaching of marine education. Resource agencies and dissemination systems involved in marine education are listed along with a rationale for marine education's inclusion within curricula in inland…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education