Discusses how teachers turn an idea into a meaningful lesson. Suggests class brainstorming, using community resources, library searches, and further classroom activities. (YP)

Describes the National Sea Grant Program and eight types of education programs. Examines funding patterns from 1976 through 1987. Assesses current status of education within the Program using a director's survey. Discusses some implications for science educators. Provides the conceptual scheme for aquatic studies and a directory of the programs.…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) provides awards for education and research in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering. This publication contains information about awards for the 1987 and 1988 fiscal years. An introductory section reviews the goals of NSF's education program and the long-range goals of the Directorate for Science and…

The Fairfax County, Virginia, school system makes its own science kits in a program covering 63,000 elementary school youngsters in 2,100 classrooms. (Editor)

Although the primary purpose of this study was to determine possible relationships between types of science programs used and intellectual development of sixth-grade students, a second purpose was to investigate possible effects of the sequence presentation of two programs. A third purpose was to investigate possible relationships between IQ…

Presents philosophy and development of ESS, the Elementary Science Study, curriculum. (CP)

Describes OIC philosophy and development of SCIS, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study, materials and program. (CP)

Main reasons for not using recently developed curriculum materials in elementary schools include misunderstandings about their psychological bases, and lack of trained teachers and curriculum coordinators in school districts. Efforts should be directed to improve these conditions. (PS)

Described is the elementary science curriculum "Children and Their Natural Environment" developed by the working group for Educational Research at the University of Gottingen. Objectives are listed as attempting to integrate a particular teaching concept with the scientific way of looking at problems and an attempt to understand teaching…

This guide is designed to encourage people to keep animals of all kinds in the classroom and to use them in teaching language arts, mathematics, and social studies, as well as science and nature study. The booklet is divided into four sections. The first section contains an account of a year with desert animals in an ungraded classroom of six- to…

Describes some of the adaptations of science exercises found in the program Adapting Science Materials for the Blind. This program enables blind and other visually impaired pupils to participate in the activities of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study. (JR)

Three sets of elementary science materials are reviewed (ESS activity cards, ESS readers, "We Discover the World") that represent what can be done to enhance and structure learning for a single concept or topic. "We Discover the World" is a set of materials designed to introduce children to their world and their environment.…