This book teaches that U.S. geography includes both natural and human-made landmarks, and that all 50 states and all major landmarks can be found on maps. The suggested grade range is K-3; the guided reading level is L; and the Windows on Literacy stage is fluent (levels 13-18).

Presents an annotated bibliography of outstanding science books for children in kindergarten to the seventh grade. (BB)

Parents can do a lot to help children learn about science. Ten tips from experts suggest home activities, excursions, learning aids, and TV shows which can help children discover and enjoy science. (IAH)

Lists some materials from Australia, Britain, New Zealand, and the United States appropriate for elementary-aged students and provides comments on the usefulness of these materials. (GS)

Elodea is an attractive plant, well suited for classroom aquaria. This article describes the collection, care, and maintenance of this plant. (BB)

Suggests nonfiction science books and novels for an elementary unit on science fiction. (SJL)

Presents a demonstration to show the formation of images in the retina in normal vision, in farsightedness, and in nearsightedness using only a 35mm slide projector. (MKR)

Presents the rationale behind the need to teach the metric system and includes a description of the most important metric units. The stages through which children pass as they develop an understanding of the process of measurement are discussed. Bibliographic material is included. (EB)

Presents brief annotation for each of 81 books, selected as outstanding science children's trade books for grades K-6 published in 1974. Appropriate grade level of each book is given. Books selected are said to be accurate, readable, and have pleasing formats. (Author/EB)

A total of 10 basic science series was examined, using the Spache, Dale-Chall, Lorge, and Fry readability formulas as assessment instruments of readability. To obtain a comparative sampling of the readability of each book for each series, the books were divided into three equal parts, and the passage from the middle of each one-third part was…

Science education has become one of the priorities of education in the United States. Teachers in several schools have begun to use science kits as one tool to assist them in teaching science. Despite the wide use of science kits, little has been done to determine their effectiveness in promoting science learning. The purpose of this paper is to…

Features science concepts with accompanying activities teachers can use in the classroom. Presents a lesson in optics that utilizes optical illusions to illustrate scientific points and allows students to use the following processes: observing, communicating, controlling variables, hypothesizing, and gathering and interpreting data. (ET)

Children love nonfiction books, and their reading of such texts has shown a strong relationship between science achievement and informational reading and writing abilities. How can elementary teachers capitalize on this natural affinity and make the most effective use of nonfiction trade books in their classroom? There are numerous strategies to…

Two instruments are described which were designed to provide beginning students with the tools for determining sun-time and the altitude of the sun. Both can be constructed by the student. A simple-to-construct scale is included. Activities are suggested to use with the instruments. (Author/EB)

Describes how to teach metrication in the classroom and home without spending a lot of money. The study should be on-going and not a unit of instruction on metrics. (Author/EB)