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Strout, Georgia A. – Day Care and Early Education, 1977
Offers ideas for classroom activities centered around a tropical deep sea theme. (SB)
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedGauger, Robert – Science Teacher, 1994
Provides a brief history, the science behind the art, and instructions for use of stereograms. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Art, Biological Sciences, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Molnar, Andrew R. – Educational Technology, 1975
A discussion of how the computer has compelled educators to devise new education experiences by which students can acquire information. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Educational Technology, Instructional Innovation, Learning Activities
Dubois, Donald – Outlook, 1975
Intrigued by the scientific implications of the theory of tops, the author proceeded to research, develop, and design tops of all kinds. He used common materials and unusual combinations to make his tops. Included in the article are several illustrations of the tops and some guidelines to making them. (MA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education, Science Activities
Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1978
Describes an experiment illustrating a lesson in wave interference using bright colors in a soap film. Illustrations provided. (MA)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Activities, Physics
Hallum, Rosemary; Newhart, Edith Hom – Teacher, 1978
The author Herbert Zim says that young children are more scientists than they are anything else. The learning activities described here build on children's natural curiosity by giving them experience and practice in basic scientific skills, such as observing, investigating, experimenting, classifying, reasoning and inferring. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities, Science Activities, Science Education
Peer reviewedKhourey-Bowers, Claudia; Croley, Cynthia Baxter – Science Teacher, 1995
An integrative study of the parallel histories of art and science was used to enable students to understand the effects that changing definitions have on the expression of science and art. Examines the following periods in history: (1) Pre-Renaissance; (2) Renaissance; and (3) Modern Art and Science. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Art, History, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedFortgang, Arthur – Science Teacher, 1995
Describes a hands-on physics exercise, entitled "The Triangle of Science" designed to review math skills, estimating and approximating skills, and help to develop students' appreciation of the limits of scientific investigation. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), High Schools, Learning Activities, Physics
Peer reviewedDickey, Miriam E. – Nature Study, 1975
Included in this article are the author's experiences in teaching children about the environment. In the school yard, students collect, plant seeds, and observe growth. Comparisons are made of animals and birds in habitat, food and characteristics. (BP)
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Field Trips, Instruction
Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1978
Three classic visual toys are discussed and instructions are given for their construction. These are moire patterns, kaleidoscope, and stereoscope. (MP)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Optics, Postsecondary Education, Science Education
Peer reviewedMitchell, Don W. – American Biology Teacher, 1977
Provided is an activity for student-constructed dichotomous keys that requires nothing more than a pile of shoes. Examples and directions are given. (MA)
Descriptors: Biology, Classification, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Hoffman, Jan – Teacher, 1976
This is the second "Center Spot" devoted to Jan Hoffman's "Shoe Box Science," a program that organizes manipulative materials so that children can identify, describe, order, construct, name and distinguish on their own.
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Learning Activities, Program Descriptions, Science Education
Blanc, Sam S. – Teacher, 1976
How's the weather? It can be rainy, cloudy, foggy, hot or cold when students understand the hows and whys. (Editor)
Descriptors: Climate, Learning Activities, Science Education, Student Development
Peer reviewedAbad, Ernesto A. – Science Teacher, 1994
Poses solutions for our failure to show students how well mathematics interlocks with the physical structures of the Universe. Some examples are provided to illustrate the natural integration of mathematics and science. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Flack, Jerry – Understanding Our Gifted, 2001
This article offers suggestions for using biographies of famous women aviators with gifted students. Aviators suggested include Ruth Law, Jacqueline Cochran, Bessie Coleman, Beryl Markham, and Amelia Earhart. Teaching suggestions include creative book sharing, integration with map work, and student projects based on these lives. (Contains…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
