These materials, which can be used to supplement a drafting program, are designed to assist the instructor in helping students develop a better understanding of certain areas of drafting. The materials are divided into exercises that allow the student to devote full attention to one aspect of drafting at a time, and tests, which can be used either…

The manual provides industrial arts instructors with information necessary to introduce and teach the metric system to their students. The instructional unit is based on a project, the building of a model automobile racer propelled by a carbon dioxide cartridge. To add interest and enthusiasm, Statewide racing competition in which students may…

The manual provides information and guidelines necessary to develop a knowledge and understanding of industry based on the belief this can best be done by studying industry. Intended for use at the junior high school level, the manual is divided into two sections. The first contains information designed to give insight into industry and the free…

Each of the five units in this instructional packet contains instructions for showing students how to "read" the ruler and measure, exercises to give the student the required practice needed to become skillful at this task, and tests to determine achievement. The five units cover inch, half-inch, fourth-inch, eighth-inch and…

Designed to assist teachers in improving industrial arts programs, this resource guide lists (1) 102 sources of free instructional materials (industries and trade associations), (2) 30 equipment and supply catalogs, (3) 80 loan films costing only the price of return postage, and (4) 124 books, 5 professional journals, and 10 magazines suggested…

Thirty-one lesson plans on electricity-electronics are presented in this guide designed for industrial arts instructors. Each lesson plan is organized into the following format: (1) lesson objective; (2) supplementary teaching items; (3) presentation; (4) demonstration; (5) laboratory or other activities; and (6) test items (oral, written, or…

Designed to assist the teacher in introducing a unit on research and experimentation into his/her industrial arts program, this manual provides information for adoption to both classroom instruction and laboratory activities, and a student workbook. The instructor's section includes (1) What is Research? (2) Importance of Research and…