The second volume of Innovative Education Practices presents descriptions of 84 outstanding projects funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The projects are in the areas of School Administration; Special Education; Guidance; Reading, Math, and Academics; Early Childhood Education; Teacher/Staff Development;…

This environmental unit is one of a series designed for integration within an existing curriculum. In using these self-contained units, students are encouraged to work at their own speed. The philosphy behind the unts is based on an experience-oriented process that promotes independent work. This particular unit attempts to expand the student's…

Designed to provide the student of outdoor education with a synthesis of current literature in the field, this collection presents 26 articles which range from administrative to practical applications of outdoor education theory and philosophy. Articles include discussions of: (1) the philosophy of outdoor education; (2) a London school and its…

The purposes of this study were to develop social biology units emphasizing the social problems of pollution, drugs, and disease; and to assess the level of interest and acquired attitudes among students participating in the field test of the units. The three units written were: Pollution: A Threat to Your Community; Drugs, Life or Death; and…

The basic model of a secondary-level interdisciplinary environmental education curriculum development project being developed by the University of Georgia is described. International environmental problems require citizens to act politically either by direct participation or through the indirect but often powerful force of public opinion. Hence,…

This publication, one part of a three-part NSTA series on energy-environment, is a sampling of current energy literature. The references are divided into four separate categories, each directed for a specific audience: readings for teachers, readings for students (grades 8-10); Readings for students (grades 5-9); and readings for students (grades…

As part of the series of student materials developed by the Environmental Education Project at Florida State University, this volume contains three diverse instructional units integrating values and environmental education. Designed for secondary students, each unit contains lesson plans, objectives, and student readings. Unit 1 provides eight…

The conference was attended by more than 50 outdoor/environmental educators from the New York City school system and representatives from city and state agencies and the private sector. Focus was on how to make outdoor/environmental programs available to all children in the New York City schools. The bulk of the conference was devoted to the…

This is the final report of a workshop in which selected teachers from Florida public schools learned about energy technology and conservation, and teaching methodology needed to incorporate energy education into existing school curriculum. Participants were teachers of science, social studies, environmental studies, and home economics. During the…

This guide is a brief description of the many possibilities in theme, form, content, and organization of guidebooks that students can produce. All of the sample guides included in this booklet share a common definition: a guidebook is any organized record of observations made about physical and other resources, presented in a manner which make…

This curriculum guide is a 40-day unit plan on water pollution developed, in part, from the National Science Foundation Environmental Science Institutes' Ninth Grade Environmental Science Curriculum Guide. This unit contains teacher lesson plans, suggested teacher and student modules, case studies, and activities to be developed by teachers…

The goal of this curriculum development project is to promote student initiated research into problems of the inner city. Initial project planning is reported in ED 055 012. Emphasis in this annual report is placed on the teacher's role in program development. The first section clarifies how the developers believe teachers should be involved in…

This unit, designed for eighth-grade school students, combines two sociological factors that affect the environment and the standard of living. Divided into two complete parts, Clothing - Dress and Recreation - Leisure, it examines the interrelationships of people's values and available natural resources. The section on clothing and dress covers…

This interdisciplinary program, developed for secondary students, contains 16 air pollution activities that can either be used directly in, or as a supplement to, curriculum in Science, Photography, Mathematics, English, Social Studies, Industrial Arts and Home Economics. The topics to be investigated include: pollutants from automobiles, exhaust…

The causes of the energy crisis are many, and the solutions are complex. Since every person in the world is affected, every person should have an understanding of the energy shortage problem. This unit is designed around the following two ideas: (1) to develop an understanding of energy and the need for it, and (2) to understand some of the…