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Olson-Demme, Hillary; Kisiel, Jim – Science Activities, 2003
Presents a hands-on activity in which students create a model of an ocean ecosystem to gain an understanding of how humans can alter biodiversity through their actions. Uses differing levels of fishing technology to explore the concepts of sustainability and overfishing. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Ecology, Elementary Education, Hands on Science
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Krantz, Patrick D.; Barrow, Lloyd H. – Science Activities, 2003
Describes an integrated unit on bats and specifically addresses the National Science Education Standards. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Animals, Ecology, Elementary Education, Inquiry
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Fortner, Rosanne W. – Science Activities, 1997
Argues that good science can be enhanced and enlivened, integrated with other curriculum areas, and made more relevant to a student's world through the use of the arts in instruction. Provides examples of art in science through music, poetry, science fiction, and visual art. (DDR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Strategies
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Murfin, Brian – Science Activities, 1997
Describes an activity that employs the study of unicorns as an enjoyable and vivid means by which young children can learn to distinguish fact from fantasy. Students learn about the characteristics of animals suspected of being unicorns. (DDR)
Descriptors: Animals, Art, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Moore, Jan E. – Science Activities, 2003
Presents activities that have been proven to teach young learners to sort and classify objects that contain more than one attribute. The activities require that students employ the use of sorting hoops and attribute blocks to create Venn diagrams, the assembly of which requires practice. Includes cross-curricular uses of these learning tools.…
Descriptors: Classification, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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White, Sara – Science Activities, 2003
Presents students with six ballast water treatment methods to evaluate. Allows students to acquaint themselves with current Great Lakes topics while simultaneously partaking in decision-making processes that could affect them. Emphasizes not only an important environmental issue for the Great Lakes, but also the importance of decision-making…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Marine Biology
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Nygard, Bonnie; Shaw, Donna Gail – Science Activities, 1997
Presents a rationale for acknowledging the importance of movement to learning to help children understand abstract concepts. Includes seven activities that employ movement to enable students to understand the nature of the solar system. (DDR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Fortner, Rosanne W.; Jax, Dan – Science Activities, 2003
Presents a marine education activity. Students construct a web of changes that shows potential problems caused by solid waste on beaches. They then determine whether each change is an increase or a decrease from previous conditions. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Environmental Education, Habitats, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Melber, Leah M. – Science Activities, 2003
Presents procedures for weather studies as exciting and relatively simple research projects for students to perform. Expects that students gain an accurate view of the scientific process in addition to real-world experience as they face challenging setbacks and make unexpected discoveries along the way. Includes cross-curricular applications.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Approach
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DiBiase, Warren J. – Science Activities, 2001
Presents the activity of building a cotton-ball catapult collaboratively. Uses available spare parts and stimulates students to use their knowledge, skills, and past experiences. (YDS)
Descriptors: Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Experience, Middle Schools
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Demchik, Michael J. – Science Activities, 1979
Suggests that the origins of words, which have faded over time through technological advancement, should be studied with an interdisciplinary approach. Samples of words are listed with their former and present meanings. (SA)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Etymology, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Activities
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Charron, Elisabeth; de Onis, Ann – Science Activities, 1993
Describes an approach of two elementary school teachers in combining instruction in reading and science. Students brainstorm a list of things they know about a topic; then they generate a list of things they wish to find out. Students read and conduct science activities to find out what they wish to know. Then students summarize what was learned.…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Hagevik, Rita A. – Science Activities, 2003
Describes three inquiry-based activities designed for students to begin to understand complex environmental relationships in their own backyard. Includes investigations of ants, which allow students to establish a baseline survey of ant fauna, test the importance of ants in nutrient cycling and soil structure maintenances, and increase student…
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Secondary Education, Entomology, Environmental Education
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Records, Roger M. – Science Activities, 1974
A joint business-chemistry course which focuses on consumer testing is described. Guidelines for organizing the students into testing teams and suggested laboratory experiments are included. (DT)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Consumer Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum
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Wiltfong, Cynthia L.; Chester, Emily; Albertin, Faith; Smith, Julia; Hall, Judith C.; Arth, Emily C.; Martin, Stephanie – Science Activities, 2003
Describes a lab that introduces agarose electrophoresis techniques and basic information on proteins to middle school and high school students. Insists that, built around a scenario in which students must solve a crime, the lab has real-world applications that should spark student interest. (KHR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Hands on Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Processes
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