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Peer reviewedWalter, Frank W. – Science and Children, 1982
Described is a unit on rockets which begins with watching a film and ends with teams of students launching their own rockets. Activities teach students metric measuring, data collecting and graphing, report writing, and calculating, as well as group skills and model building skills. (DC)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Aerospace Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Zolg, Carolyn – 1993
This book consists of two complete units on astronomy. The first unit is created for lower elementary students and the second one is for upper elementary grade levels. The units are designed for gifted students and encourage students to be responsible for their own education. Each unit is based on an interdisciplinary approach. Suggestions for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Activity Units, Astronomy, Earth Science
Brown, Mary; Dickinson, Rosemary – 1996
This book consists of two complete units on meteorology. The first unit is created for lower elementary students and the second one is for upper elementary grade levels. The units are designed for gifted students and encourage students to be responsible for their own education. Each unit is based on an interdisciplinary approach. Suggestions for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Activity Units, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Brown, Mary H.; Dickinson, Rosemary – 1994
This book consists of two complete units on soil. The first unit is created for lower elementary students and the second one is for upper elementary grade levels. The units are designed for gifted students and encourage students to be responsible for their own education. Each unit is based on an interdisciplinary approach. Suggestions for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Activity Units, Earth Science, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedCambell, Melvin; Burton, VirLynn – Science and Children, 1994
Presents a unit approach that utilizes Howard Gardner's seven intelligences (Linguistic, Logical/mathematical, Spatial, Music, Kinesthetic/body, Intrapersonal, and Interpersonal). Students are given a list of activities and make a contract to complete a certain number on the list. A sample unit for fifth graders on the bodily systems is provided.…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities
Download full textUnified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools, Newton, MA. – 1972
These activity cards, developed by the Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) Project, are divided into 18 groups. The first group of cards are Design Lab Tech Cards; the remaining groups are "How To" Cards. They include: (1) How To Construct a Sampling Histogram; (2) How To Make a Bar Graph Tally; (3) How To Make…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Electricity, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedHapai, Marlene Nachbar; Sing, David Kekaulike – Science Scope, 1994
Takes a closer look at Super Science Saturday, held by the Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children/University of Hawaii at Hilo. These children are known to Hawaiians as Na Pua No'eau, which refers to Hawaii's children as "flowers blossoming toward self-discovery." (ZWH)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Activity Units, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education
