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Nature Naturally, 1983
Designed for students in grades 4-6, the teaching unit presents illustrations and facts about snakes. Topics include common snakes found in the United States, how snakes eat, how snakes shed their skin, poisonous snakes, the Eastern Indigo snake, and the anatomy of a snake. A student page includes a crossword puzzle and surprising snake facts. A…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Animal Behavior, Identification, Intermediate Grades
O'Connell, Libby Haight, Ed. – Idea Book for Educators, 2002
The cable television channels A&E and the History Channel (and their Web sites) offer an array of creative ideas developed by teachers who understand teachers' busy schedules. This booklet provides supplementary content for A&E and History Channel programs along with correlation links to the national standards, grade level guidelines,…
Descriptors: Buildings, Curriculum Enrichment, Middle Schools, National Standards
Learning, 1983
Activities for teaching about the solar system, the earth's rotation, plants, pendulums, and animal adaptation are described. Included are suggestions for building scale models to illustrate the solar system's proportions and the earth's rotation speed, and for using playground swings to demonstrate pendulum motion. (PP)
Descriptors: Animals, Astronomy, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary Education