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Bybee, Rodger W. – Science and Children, 2011
In this article, the author presents the science and engineering practices from the recently released "A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas" (NRC 2011). The author recognizes the changes implied by the new framework, and that a new generation of science education standards will present new…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education, Educational Practices, Classroom Techniques
Lord, Thomas R.; Travis, Holly J. – National Science Teachers Association (NJ3), 2011
With 101 easy and inexpensive activities to do on school grounds, "Schoolyard Science" can help students develop their observation and inquiry skills as well as an appreciation of their outdoor environment. Covering topics such as lower plants, gardens, insects and other invertebrates, energy, and Earth science, Thomas Lord and Holly Travis…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Earth Science, Entomology, Critical Thinking
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Ewers, Timothy G. – Journal of Extension, 2010
4-H youth development programs nationwide are responding to the 4-H National Science, Engineering, and Technology (4-H SET) Initiative to involve more youth in Science, Engineering, and Technology activities. The goal is to increase the numbers of youth choosing to pursue SET careers. This article describes a program that is having great success…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Robotics, Science Activities
Atkin, J. Myron; Wyatt, Stanley P., Jr. – 1969
Presented is book two in a series of six books in the University of Illinois Astronomy Program which introduces astronomy to upper elementary and junior high school students. This guidebook is concerned with how celestial bodies move in space and how these motions are observed by astronomers. Topics discussed include: a study of the daily motion…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Sciences, Science Activities
Hartmann, William K.; Cain, Joe – 1995
This book provides a complete Scope Sequence and Coordination teaching module. First, craters are introduced as a generally observable phenomena. Then, by making craters and by investigating the results, students gain close-up, hands-on experience with impact events and their products. Real crater examples from the Moon and elsewhere are included…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Hands on Science, Interdisciplinary Approach
Atkin, J. Myron; Wyatt, Stanley P., Jr. – 1969
Presented is book four in a series of six books in the University of Illinois Astronomy Program which introduces astronomy to upper elementary and junior high school students. This document terms the analysis of light as an essential clue to understanding astronomical phenomena. Topics discussed include: thm behavior of light; the wave model and…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary Secondary Education, Light, Physical Sciences
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Gosse, Bonnie – Green Teacher, 1996
Addresses the need for a good science program to teach students to integrate both the analytical and the creative pathways of inquiry. Also compares the specific functions of the brain's right (creative) and left (analytical) hemispheres as related to science. Suggests how to design a creative sense-gathering activity, and offers several sample…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Elementary Secondary Education, Neurological Organization, Science Activities
Mayer, Victor J., Ed.; Fortner, Rosanne W., Ed. – 1995
Earth Systems Education (ESE) is an effort to establish within U.S. schools more effective programs designed to increase public understanding of the Earth System that surrounds and sustains us all. ESE focuses on establishing an understanding of the processes that operate within our environment and uses the science thinking and problem-solving…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Ball, Daniel W. – 1978
This teacher's guide provides Elementary Science Study (ESS) units that can be used with students in grades 1-12 in special education programs. The ESS units represent an interdisciplinary approach to learning and emphasize "hands-on" activities. Activities include Mirror Cards, Pattern Blocks, Clay Boats, Mapping, Earthworms, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation
Goodman, Jan; Sneider, Cary; Gould, Alan; Barber, Jacqueline; Hosoume, Kimi; Tucker, Laura; Willard, Carolyn – 1997
For many educators, gathering, organizing, and maintaining materials involved in inquiry-based science and math activities can seem daunting. This handbook is designed to help teachers in the task of gathering and maintaining materials to make kits for 42 activities derived from the Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) Program at the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Stanback, Bessie Alsop – 1981
Reported is an instrument, the Science Student Observation Instrument (SSOI), designed for use in activity-centered science classes in desegregated urban junior high schools. Use of the instrument will enable the observer to compare classroom behaviors of black and white students, to determine the extent of interracial interactions, and to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Observation Techniques
Johnson, James R. – 1989
This is one of five panel reports that have been prepared as part of the first phase of Project 2061, a long-term, multipurpose undertaking of the American Association for the Advancement of Science designed to help reform science, mathematics, and technology education in the United States. Major sections included are: (1) "Introduction"…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Fundamental Concepts, Futures (of Society)
Meinke, James D.; Kennedy, Beth A. – 1979
This guidebook for teachers is accompanied by a student workbook. The investigations are intended to offer students an opportunity to study the effects of air temperature on air density and movement, the circulation of air and how it changes the amount of precipitation in the area around the Great Lakes, and the implications of the "lake…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Comienski, James; Mayer, Victor J. – 1979
This guidebook for teachers is accompanied by a student workbook. The investigations are intended to offer the students an opportunity to learn to use topographic maps and profiles to locate evidence of ancient water levels of Lake Erie and man's use of the beach ridges near the lake. Maps, diagrams, and data tables accompany the written material.…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Farnsworth, Carolyn; Mayer, Victor J. – 1979
This guidebook for teachers is accompanied by a student workbook. The investigations are intended to offer students an opportunity to learn about the causes and effects of increases in the level of Lake Erie and the effects of lake level regulation. Illustrations and graphs accompany the written material. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
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