NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 26 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mik Fanguy; Raisa Kharbash – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The paper describes guidelines for the planning, organization, and implementation of virtual activities within a metaverse environment, aiming to familiarize students with key concepts related to hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB) theory. The guidelines are based on experience gained during an online lesson given in January of 2022 for 188…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Technology Uses in Education
ExpandED Schools, 2014
This guidebook was prepared by TASC (The After-School Corporation) and their Frontiers in Urban Science Education (FUSE) programs. FUSE is TASC's initiative to help more out-of-school-time programs and expanded learning time schools offer kids engaging, exciting and inspiring activities that promote science inquiry. The guidebook offers a a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, After School Programs, Inquiry, Science Activities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
O'Hare, Liam; Stark, Patrick; McGuinness, Carol; Biggart, Andy; Thurston, Allen – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This report describes the development and pilot evaluation of SMART Spaces. This programme aims to boost GCSE science outcomes by applying the principle that information is more easily learnt when it is repeated multiple times, with time passing between the repetitions. This approach is known as "spaced learning" and is contrasted with a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Repetition, Time Factors (Learning)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Eick, Charles; Tatarchuk, Shawna; Anderson, Amy – Science and Children, 2013
Outdoor learning areas are becoming more popular as a means for community-based, cross-curricular learning where children study issues of local relevance (Sobel 2004). Outdoor learning areas, any place outside of the school building where children can observe and interact with the natural world around them, include outdoor structures for seating…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Outdoor Education, Teaching Methods, Natural Resources
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ekanayake, Sakunthala Y.; Wishart, Jocelyn – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
This paper presents the development and implementation of a professional development workshop series on integrating mobile phones into science teaching for a group of teachers in Sri Lanka. The series comprised a 3-day Planning Workshop followed by implementation of the planned lessons in real classrooms and a subsequent 1-day Reviewing Workshop.…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2014
The Community Science Workshops (CSWs)--with funding from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation--created a network among the CSW sites in California. The goals of the CSW Network project have been to improve programs, build capacity throughout the Network, and establish new sites. Inverness Research has been…
Descriptors: Workshops, Networks, Program Improvement, Program Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Valadez, Gilbert; Moineau, Suzanne – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2010
This paper will describe a five year research project of a teaching strategy whereby pre-service credential students at a southern California university were taught to develop and apply science curriculum to parents of elementary-aged English as a Second Language students. The paper will elaborate upon the importance of parental engagement in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Minority Group Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cwikla, Julie; Lasalle, Mark; Wilner, Sybil – American Biology Teacher, 2009
Project WetKids (www.projectwetkids.net) provides wetland, environmental, estuary, and watershed experiences with local scientists, engineers, and naturalists to Pascagoula, Mississippi students and their families. Extensive activities provide participants: (1) real world, locally relevant science-based events; (2) meaningful scientific…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Relevance (Education), Hands on Science, Environmental Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Shugrue, Sylvia K. – Science and Children, 1982
Outlines procedures for developing an outdoor program for teaching science including appointing a steering committee and establishing objectives. Suggests a variety of teaching activities. (DC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Outdoor Activities, Outdoor Education
Foti, Sebastian; Ledbetter, Ric; Taylor, Fred; Al-Kazemi, Ebraheem – 2002
This paper introduces and reports upon lessons learned during the development phase of the Lord Kelvin Middle School Science Program. For the past two years, a set of tools to help middle school students learn science in a way that uses the full power of today's technology has been under development. Lord Kelvin is a robust collection of science…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
Jones, Alan; Barnett, Anthony – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1980
A group of teachers' advisers and college tutors became interested in developing some "safe" science activities for junior high school physically handicapped students. A series of pacakage experiments on approximately 30 scientific principles were tested for potential drawbacks for the handicapped child. Several experiments are described. (SBH)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Physical Disabilities, Program Development, Science Activities
Kalra, R. M. – 1974
The project aims to illustrate the extent of Native Indian scientific achievements and to correlate this information with the science concepts taught in schools; to make some practical suggestions to teachers and prospective teachers, in order to make science education more meaningful to Native Indian students; to propose a model of the process…
Descriptors: American Indians, Canada Natives, Community Influence, Course Content
Murphy, Carole – 1983
Teachers at all academic levels can adapt the design and content of the sixth grade Japanese cultural festival detailed in this learning packet. Material is divided into 2 sections. Section 1 provides a step-by-step guide to planning and conducting the festival. These instructions, based on 5 years of experience, include a detailed planning…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Clothing, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Smith-Gratto, Karen; Blackburn, Marcy A. – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes the "ABCD" model for integrating spreadsheets into elementary science instruction, which consists of four steps: analyzing the software and curriculum; brainstorming connections between parts of the software and the content areas; creating connections among the curriculum, the brainstorming information, and noncomputer classroom…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Class Activities, Computer Software Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Newman, Kerry; Rose, Richard – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
A program was developed to ensure that teacher and institutional self-evaluation would become an integral part of staff development and curriculum development. A science curriculum module was taught to students with severe learning difficulties and videotaped for use in evaluation and inservice training. (JDD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Integrated Activities
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2