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Peer reviewedWest, Mike; Haar, Ken – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
One student's project involved a contest of guessing how many peanuts were in a 100-pound bag. His teacher briefly reflects on the wide range of guesses and students' concept of large numbers. (MP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Download full textWisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education.
Prepared as an aid to teachers, the document contains two parts intended to help correlate instruction of industrial arts at the elementary level with the recommended curriculum content in the Wisconsin Guide to Local Curriculum Improvement in Industrial Education, K-12. Pertaining to field objectives 1-4 in the guide, Industry for the Elementary…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Construction (Process), Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Robinson, Julia – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Describes a learning unit on women's contributions to society that was developed cooperatively by third grade teachers and a library media specialist. Students brainstormed what they knew about women's accomplishments, conducted group and individual phone interviews, and questioned a panel of women who visited the school. Sidebars include the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Brainstorming, Class Activities, Consciousness Raising
Schlemmer, Phil; Schlemmer, Dori; Pernu, Caryn, Ed. – 1999
This book presents performance-based projects to provide elementary school students both the structure and the freedom to become actively engaged in their own learning. The approach is based on the concept of authentic learning, which advocates a relevant, real world experience to personally engage students in learning. The book is divided into…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Activity Units, Class Activities, Creative Activities
