This article describes an after-school program at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf (HMS), the oldest public day school for deaf students in the United States, where almost half of the student body imagined and created bridge and robotic machines. The Deaf Robotics Engineering and Math Team, or the DREAM Team club, included HMS students in…

The many activities contained in this teaching guide emphasize hands-on involvement, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. The guide also contains background information about aeronautical research that can help students learn how airplanes fly. Following the background sections are a series of activities…

This teacher's guide has been constructed to enable the teacher of science in elementary schools to turn the classroom into a science laboratory. The teacher becomes an observer and a guide when using this curriculum. The Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) Conceptual Framework and the Program Overview in this guide show how a unit of…

This student guide is divided into two sections: "Mice and Men" and "Environmental Balance," and constitutes parts three and four of the first year of the Portland Project, a three-year, integrated high school science curriculum. Part One of the guide deals with topics such as cell, reproduction, embryology, genetics, genetic…

THIS IS THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION CONCERNING DOCUMENTS ANALYZED AT THE ERIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION. REPORTED ARE OVER 350 CITATIONS TO SELECTED DOCUMENTS ON CURRICULUM AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION. THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED…

The Science and Engineering Technician (SET) Curriculum is a two-year post-secondary curriculum designed to prepare technicians to use the electronic instruments which became available in the early 1970's as a result of advances in different fields of electronics. It is an interdisciplinary program of study which integrates elements from the…

Elementary Science Study (ESS) units were examined by elementary teachers on a science writing team to identify energy education concepts within the existing curriculum in Minnesota. The outline of energy education concepts is given here along with some energy education science activities for elementary students. The activities are structured into…

This looseleaf teacher's manual is designed to facilitate using Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) for energy education in elementary schools. It is intended to be used with the SCIS Teacher's Guide as a supplement. The format of this manual matches a main SCIS concept with a closely related energy concept. Matrices show matched concepts…

This is one of two teacher's guides for a three-year integrated biology, chemistry, and physics course being prepared by the Portland Project Committee. This committee reviewed and selected material developed by the national course improvement groups--Physical Science Study Committee, Chemical Bond Approach, Chemical Education Materials Study,…

The teacher's edition for the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study Level III unit entitled "Crusty Problems" provides instructions for teachers. The main thrust of this unit is on examining some principles underlying geologic internal and external processes and shaping mechanisms of the landscpe. A brief introduction dealing with the…

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) LONG-RANGE COURSES OF STUDY, GRADES K-12, (2) JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GRADES 7, 8, 9, (3)…

This publication is designed for pre- and in-service teachers to learn the philosophy and techniques of teaching employed in Intermediate Science Curriculum Study materials. The content of this book centers around the concept of electricity. A number of activities are suggested. The teachers can work on this at their own pace individually. A…

Discusses ways to let music add a new dimension to a science lesson on dinosaurs. (GB)

This publication was prepared by the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) for orienting inservice teachers for using individualized activity-centered science programs in their classrooms. The publication is designed to help teachers in training themselves to ask open-ended questions. Various questioning techniques are described along with…

Fourth in the series "101 Environmental Education Activities" by the Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center, the booklet contains 39 environment-based science activities directed to students in primary, intermediate, and junior high classes. Organization of the activities usually includes grade level, objectives, procedures, and materials,…