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Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
The core portion of this trial unit prepared by the Australian Science Education Project provides an introduction to the structure of the earth, volcanic activity, the types of igneous rocks, earthquakes, and seismology, with an emphasis on the techniques of inference used to relate external evidence to internal structure. The optional activities…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Earth Science, Geology, Instruction
Lueck, Gail G. – J Geol Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Earth Science, Instruction, Science Course Improvement Projects, Secondary School Science

Korporaal, Arie R.; Stoever, Edward C., Jr. – Journal of Geological Education, 1978
Six underlying assumptions of the Crustal Evolution Education Project (CEEP) are analyzed. This article reports that all assumptions have been validated and that CEEP is accomplishing its major purposes. (MR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Earth Science, Geology, Junior High Schools
Champlin, Robert F. – J Geol Educ, 1970
Reviews eight research studies and one survey pertaining to the ESCP instructional package. Areas concerning ESCP in need of further research are discussed through the aid of an instructional sequence model. An extensive bibliography is included. (LC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Analysis, Earth Science, Research Needs
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
The contents of this Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) unit are designed for students who have worked through two other ASEP units: Models (ED 068 298) and Charge (SE 016 883). Three other units, Electric Circuits (ED 081 576), Minerals and Crystals (ED 058 059), and Sticking Together (ED 081 573), are considered to provide background…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Metal Industry, Metallurgy, Metals

Smith, John P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Earth Science, Instrumentation
Nicodemus, Robert B. – 1968
Thirty-eight secondary school teachers from seven public school systems attending a five week full-time institute at Montgomery Junior College participated in this summer program. The teachers were introduced to the newly available Earth Science Curriculum Project materials. Three college teachers and an experienced ESCP high school teacher…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Educational Programs, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
Four compulsory introductory activities, involving learning to use a stream tray, observing the relationship between water speed and entraining, transporting and depositing sediments, studying the formation of sedimentary rocks, and examining several types of sedimentary rocks, are completed by all students using the unit prepared for Australian…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Earth Science, Geology, Instruction

Zorn, Frederick J. – Science Education, 1971
An abstract of a doctoral dissertation which reviewed and evaluated seven science programs designed for junior high school students in terms of objectives, methods, materials, content, skills, and relation to other school levels. Strengths and weaknesses of the programs as a group and individually are listed. (AL)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum, Doctoral Dissertations, Earth Science
Goedken, Ronald E. – J Geol Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Involvement, Curriculum, Earth Science
Henson, Stanley Joe – 1970
Reported is a study to compare science achievement of 318 ninth-grade students who came from different socioeconomic areas but all enrolled in an Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) program. The students were divided into three socioeconomic groups: upper, middle, and lower. All were given a pretest in science achievement, a posttest, an…
Descriptors: Achievement, Doctoral Dissertations, Earth Science, Educational Research
A Study of the Development of an Understanding of Science in Two Junior High School Science Courses.
Sheppard, Kenneth Edgar, Jr. – 1969
This study was concerned with junior high school students' understanding of the scientific enterprise, the methods and aims of science, and of scientists. A comparison was made between the use of the Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) and the traditional general science course approach. The ESCP sample was taught by teachers trained in the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Earth Science, Educational Research, Inquiry
Australian Science Education Project, Toorak, Victoria. – 1972
The introductory core activities in this trial unit, prepared for students in grades seven through nine of Australian schools, use indicators derived from flower pigments to provide a more convenient measure of acidity than taste. Students are offered choices among seven options after completion of the core: "How Acidic is That?";…
Descriptors: Acids, Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum
Orgren, James R. – 1973
A two-year study on the effects of adopting the 1970 revision of the New York State Regents Earth Science Syllabus on teachers' teaching strategies and educational opinions and students' abilities and performance was reported. A total of about 30 teachers and their classrooms were used. One group used the old syllabus in the first year and the new…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Earth Science, Educational Research
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Dept. of Science Education. – 1972
The teacher's edition for the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study Level III unit entitled "Crusty Problems" provides instructions for teachers. The main thrust of this unit is on examining some principles underlying geologic internal and external processes and shaping mechanisms of the landscpe. A brief introduction dealing with the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science, Instructional Materials