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Conard, David; Lawson, Chester A. – 1969
This Teacher's Guide is designed for use with the Science Curriculum Improvement Study's (SCIS) unit Population. Populations is the third of a six-unit sequence of SCIS's Life Science Program for grades K-6. The Populations guide consists of activity outlines along with suggestions for guiding children's observation and manipulations of living…
Descriptors: Biology, Conceptual Schemes, Ecology, Elementary School Science

Schlarb, Keith M.; And Others – Journal of Geological Education, 1978
This is an instructional activity from a Crustal Evolution Project (CEEP) module which involves the student with evidence supporting continental drift and the past existance of Pangea. (MDR)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Instructional Materials, Paleontology, Science Activities
California Univ., Berkeley. Science Curriculum Improvement Study. – 1969
Provided are the printed instructional materials for the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) Unit Position and Motion. This unit is a continuation of the part of the teaching program centering on space-time relations. The principle new idea introduced in this unit is that of the reference frame, a systematic selection of reference objects…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials, Physical Sciences
McClain, Janis J. – 1972
To further evaluate a method of content analysis and aid in identifying scientific concepts appropriate at the elementary level, science material in a standard textbook series was examined. This paper reports and summarizes the analysis of sections of the California state-adopted textbook series, "Concepts in Science." The conceptual…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Content Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Science
Champagne, Audrey B.; And Others – 1978
The research reported in this paper concerns the design of instructional materials that represent the content structure of a science discipline and the development of methods of probing and representing the knowledge structure in a student's memory. The science discipline selected for the study was geology. Specifically, the conceptual structures…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Research, Geology, Grade 8