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Sakshaug, Lynae E. – Illinois Mathematics Teacher, 1997
Discusses ways of using six literature books to study mathematics in which students read about mathematics in the context of literature to explore problems embedded in the context of a story. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Literature, Mathematics Education

Florence, Hope – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Describes a fifth-grade student solving the "Food for Thought" problem featured in the February 1998 issue. (ASK)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Instruction
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA. Langley Research Center. – 2002
NASA CONNECT is an annual series of integrated mathematics, science, and technology instructional distance learning programs for students in grades 6-8. This program is designed for students to learn about the evolution of flight. The program has three components--television broadcast, Web activity, and lesson guide--which are designed as an…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Curriculum Design, Integrated Activities, Mathematical Applications

Johnson, Rose M. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Describes middle school students' efforts to investigate and fairly compensate the three bears, who incurred some losses at the hands of Goldilocks. Problems include investigating replacement costs of the damaged items, the cost to house Goldilocks in a state school, and the value of appropriate types of community service before determining…
Descriptors: Fairy Tales, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools

Warren, Louis L.; Flinchbaugh, Michael E. – Middle School Journal, 2003
This article describes "Project Learning Tree," an environmentally-focused resource for middle school teachers, providing lessons that are integrated and connect well to interests of young adolescents and how they learn. The lessons emphasize the core subjects while promoting problem solving, hands-on experimentation, and higher order…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Resources, Environment, Environmental Education

Passarello, Lisa M.; Fennell, Francis – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Connections between science and mathematics are emphasized in a series of activities related to the heart. Worksheets designed for multiple grade levels investigate (1) How Big Is Your Heart? (levels K-2); (2) Every Beat of Your Heart (levels 3-4); (3) What's the Beat? (level 5-6), and Heartifacts (level 7-8). Extensions of the activities are…
Descriptors: Calculators, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities

Rogis, Jeanne A. – Science Scope, 1991
Presents a class activity in which students use trigonometry to calculate the height attained by a water rocket. Provides a lesson plan that includes a list of materials needed, procedures to carry out the experiment, suggestions to extend the activity, and a reproducible worksheet for the students to register their calculations. (MDH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computation, Integrated Activities, Junior High Schools

McLaughlin, Harry – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents activities to teach the formula for the area of a rectangle that require students to determine the cost of refurbishing their school's tennis courts. Students collect their own data, organize information, and make decisions individually and as a group to solve the problem. Worksheets are provided. (MDH)
Descriptors: Area, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning
Reinke, Kathryn; Mokhtari, Kouider; Willner, Elizabeth – Teacher Education and Practice, 1997
Examined the perceptions of preservice elementary teachers enrolled in reading, mathematics, and integrating reading and mathematics methods courses about integrating mathematics, reading, and writing instruction at the elementary/middle school level. Surveys indicated that all students were generally positive about instructional integration. They…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades

Wandersee, James H. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Presents integrated activities for mathematics and biology appropriate for various levels from grades five through eight. Explores interesting aspects of human fingernails and hair growth and their mathematical relationship to time. Provides suggestions to integrate the activities with technology. (MDH)
Descriptors: Biology, Calculators, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education

Tracy, Dyanne M. – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Presents a historical and content background of the metric system. Describes 1 of a series of integrated hands-on lessons for grades 4-7 to teach the measuring of volume with metrics. Provides a worksheet for the lesson and a concept map of the metric system. (MDH)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Estimation (Mathematics), Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades

Shaw, Jean M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Preservice elementary teachers worked cooperatively to explore the relationship between the measure of the central angle and the number of sides of regular polygons using the reflection of a line in a hinged mirror. The experience involved conjecture and experimentation, communication, and building connections between science, geometry, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
Senator, Rochelle B. – 1995
This book, composed of nine chapters, provides a guide for creating an interdisciplinary literacy program for middle schools. The first part of the book, which incorporates chapters 2-4, describes the role of the media specialist when literature is the content to be taught. The second part, incorporating chapters 5-7 describes the role of the…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Creative Dramatics, Enrichment Activities, Information Technology

Sunal, Dennis W., Ed.; Tracy, Dyanne M., Ed. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Presents activities to supplement lessons on length and mass measurement or as part of a unit on atoms or orders of magnitude. Provides a lesson plan using aluminum foil to estimate unit measures, calculate the foil's thickness, and do an atom count. (MDH)
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Exponents (Mathematics)

Simpson, Patty; Wise, Kevin – Science Activities, 1993
Presents an activity in which students develop science process skills by making inferences as to the contents of a "mystery" box from observations based on their sensory perceptions. Provides instructions for implementing and extending the activity. (MDH)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Grade 5, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades
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