"Wild Learning" answers a call in the educational community for practical, easy-to-implement activities that bring core curriculum out of the classroom and into the outdoors. Outdoor learning has risen in popularity in recent years, and it has tremendous benefits. Being outside is healthier, helps children form a strong connection to the…

Do you work tirelessly to make your math lessons meaningful, challenging, accessible, and engaging? Do you spend hours you don't have searching for, adapting, and creating tasks to provide rich experiences for your students that supplement your mathematics curriculum? Help has arrived! "Classroom Ready-Rich Math Tasks for Grades 2-3"…

Do you work tirelessly to make your math lessons meaningful, challenging, accessible, and engaging? Do you spend hours you don't have searching for, adapting, and creating tasks to provide rich experiences for your students that supplement your mathematics curriculum? Help has arrived! "Classroom Ready-Rich Math Tasks for Grades 4-5"…

It's challenging to teach science well to all students while connecting your lessons to the "Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)". This unique book portrays real teaching scenarios written by the teachers on the "NGSS" Diversity and Equity Team. The seven authentic case studies vividly illustrate research- and…

This authoritative volume provides state-of-the-art practices for supporting the approximately 20% of today's K-12 students who have emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) that hinder school success. Leading experts present evidence-based approaches to screening, progress monitoring, intervention, and instruction within a multi-tiered framework.…

Discusses the importance of matching informal learning projects to the cultural contexts of participants. One way to analyze and understand a culture is to examine how it distinguishes itself from others in terms of relationships with people, time, and nature. Presents relevant factors to consider within each of these dimensions. Introduces "Prime…

Describes a project that uses essays to supplement or supplant the traditional methods of teaching science at the high school level. Presents two examples of essays used, the rationale for using them, and suggestions for implementing this project in the high school science classroom. (JRH)

Points to the promising application of service learning for students in alternative education. Discusses basic steps for incorporating service learning into the curriculum. Offers examples of such projects. (SR)

Describes StarNet, an organization that provides distance learning credit courses to schools and students. Provides tips on screening students, selecting a classroom facilitator, and how to organize for the next school year. (CCM)

Suggests several short, manageable activities for teaching writing, such as writing cereal box copy, characterizations, test items, and obituaries. (JL)

Describes "Healing and Madness," a course offered to second-year medical students at State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine. Examines the need, value, and outcome of a bibliotherapy technique applied in a nontraditional setting. Concludes that "Healing and Madness" offers a unique educational experience for…

Described is a guitar program that offers an alternative to high school students who otherwise might not be involved in school music. (RM)

The differences between the philosophies and attitudes of standard and nonstandard mathematics instruction are outlined and the Math Course, a program at the University of California at San Diego which provides supplementary mathematics instruction to gifted elementary school students, is described. (SBH)

Provides a history of the Cornell University nature study program, which was essentially an agricultural movement in its inception and aims. (CCM)

One educational alternative for gifted students is Saturday programs. Ongoing programs offer instruction in such diverse areas as oriental philosophy, civil engineering, television production, and magic. (PHR)