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Digital Making in Educational Projects
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Bosco, Alejandra; Santiveri, Noemí; Tesconi, Susanna – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2019
Digital Making as an Educational Project is an innovative educational experience that has been carried out with students of the Primary Education and Social Education degrees for three consecutive years. The experience introduces digital making as an activity in which students create an object using digital technology. In the process, they not…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning, Student Projects
Colors from the Earth.
Nelson, Sherah Betts; Blankenship, Juanita – Instructor, 1984
Instructions are given for creating earth dyes in the classroom. These dyes be used in the teaching of social studies, science, and art. A chart listing sources of natural dyes is offered. (DF)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Unidentified Flying Omelets
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McCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1973
Describes a science activity designed to stimulate creative thinking in children. The project, entitled Egg Loft,'' encourages students to devise methods for lifting an egg above 20 feet and returning it safely to ground. A number of the successful devices created and built by children are described. (JR)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Education
How to Use Flippy Theater in Social Studies.
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Chilcoat, George – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1996
Presents a lesson plan explaining and providing procedures for a flippy theater project. Flippy theater is a series of drawings that illustrate a one-act play, presented on large individual sheets or canvas suspended from a pole hung between two uprights or held by two people. Includes an example. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Expression, Dramatic Play
Enhancing Elementary Students' Creative Problem Solving through Project-Based Education.
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Proctor, Romina M. J. – 2001
This paper reports on one dimension of a longitudinal study that researched the impact on student creativity of a unique intervention program for elementary (year 6 and year 7) students. The intervention was based on the Australian National Profile and Statement for the curriculum area of Technology. The intervention program comprised…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Creative Activities, Creativity
Using Radio Tapes to Teach about the Past.
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Turner, Thomas N.; Hickey, M. Gail – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1991
Suggests learning activities for elementary level social studies, using cassette tapes of radio programing from the 1930s and 1940s. Explains this teaches the period's history and culture while introducing students to the magic of radio. Lists sources for tapes and albums, books about radio's golden age, and names of radio libraries and…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Broadcast Journalism, Creative Activities, Educational Resources
Challenging Projects for Creative Minds: 12 Self-Directed Enrichment Projects That Develop and Showcase Student Ability for Grades 1-5.
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