Describes and illustrates how to make and use portable, lightweight tree stands for use as nature observation platforms. Offers conservation and safety precautions. (NEC)

This module is designed to aid the fifth-grade teacher in implementing a self-awareness program to develop positive self-images among his or her pupils. Terminal and performance objectives for students are described, and activities leading to the realization of those objectives are suggested. The materials necessary for each activity are listed. A…

Try to learn all you can about a plant in the winter. As the season changes, you can see what the dried seed pod is like in bloom. You are a convert if you notice a spectacular show of summer wildflowers and wonder what sort of winter weed will result. (Author/CM)

The Intermediate Science Curriculum Study Spanish language science instruction manual for the intermediate grades focuses on energy of many types. The soft bound volume uses self-pacing and individualized learning to guide the students through a series of experiments. Basically, the students are asked to think about what they do and see, evaluate…

For as long as anyone can remember the Puyallup Indians have been fishing the Puyallup River. It is the time of the yearly salmon run and Seeyap, a young Puyallup boy, is learning to fish with his grandfather. Salmon will only come up river when the tide goes out, so it is very early in the morning that Seeyap and his grandfather start out in the…

A project was undertaken to develop an experimental program to help young people acquire a generalized strategy for learning after they leave school. Other objectives of the program were to help teachers improve their understanding and use of various learning strategies, to develop an induction course for those purposes (entitled the "How do…