The article describes an innovative project for year 9 (age 13-14) students that has run since 2002 with the help of professional engineers and scientists and incorporates careers information and hands-on practical work. The programme was developed to highlight alternative energy as a subject and also to provide a hands-on practical day for the…

When high school students are asked what's the best part of science class, many will say it's the field trips. Students enjoy engaging in authentic, community-based science outside the classroom. To capitalize on this, Patrick Willis created the Bird Box Survey Project for his introductory field biology class. The project takes students…

Students need practice in proposing hypotheses, developing experiments that will test these hypotheses, and generating data that they will analyze to support or refute them. I describe a guided-inquiry activity based on the "tongue map" concept, appropriate for middle school and high school students.

Following on from taking part in the successful "Getting Practical: improving practical work in science across the primary-secondary transition" CPD project, Uplands Community College with Wadhurst and Ticehurst Primary Schools in East Sussex worked together on developing the CPD--focusing on effective practical work across the…

Wireless communications are ubiquitous. Students and teachers use iPhones[R], BlackBerrys[R], and other smart phones at home and at work. More than 275 million Americans had cell phones in June of 2009 and expanded access to broadband is predicted this year. Despite the plethora of users, most students and teachers do not understand "how they…

Describes an earth science project completed by students in an American school in Saudi Arabia. (AL)

Presents the laboratory experiments from Physical Science II that are related to energy. Includes the rationale for each of the experiments and their relationship to the instructional sequence. (DS)

This listing of projects includes those environmental and outdoor education projects which were funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965. The types of programs listed are in-service, on-school-site, day center, and resident programs. Information concerning the director of the project, the school district and schools…

Description of a team approach to high school biology instruction. Four teachers and 620 students participated in the project which involved large-group instruction, multi-media presentations, discussions, laboratory activities, independent study, and viewing films and filmstrips. Both student achievement and affective response to the project were…

Described were a selected group of outdoor laboratory experiences utilizing the techniques and concepts of the contemporary indoor laboratories. (Author/CP)