Over the past ten years, language teachers have become adept at using new techniques for teaching culture. Folklore is one resource that has not been fully exploited, but that can lead students to a deeper understanding of culture and, at the same time, involve them in rich language experiences. Use of folklore in the foreign language classroom,…

This document consists of energy vocabulary activities, three games, worksheets, laboratory activities/exercises, and an introductory classroom exercise designed to introduce energy concepts to students. Vocabulary activities focus on coal and energy consumption. The three games (with instructions) focus on various aspects of energy and energy…

Developed as part of the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and for other students whose native language is Spanish, this illustrated cookbook contains 12 Puerto Rican recipes with step-by-step instructions (fruit drink, limbers, pina colada, punch, banana shake, amarillos fritos, avocado salad, tortilla de huevos, sweet corn cereal, rice…

Crustal Evolution Education Project (CEEP) modules were designed to: (1) provide students with the methods and results of continuing investigations into the composition, history, and processes of the earth's crust and the application of this knowledge to man's activities and (2) to be used by teachers with little or no previous background in the…

These materials were designed to help remedial students increase mathematics proficiency on topics found in the Regents Competency Testing Program. The activities developed come complete with questions, "cards," and/or sample gameboards. Included in each activity is a list of materials needed. Several different activities often use the…

Designed to familiarize Oklahoma students with their environment by providing opportunities for exploration, investigation, and evaluation, this outdoor education guide contains suggested activities to be used as a starting point to arouse the interest and curiosity of students through direct observation and investigation. As an additional…

This teacher's manual provides general and specific guidelines for use of Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) Physical Science Curriculum materials at the junior high-middle school level. TGT is an innovative instructional model which focuses on the learning of basic skills, information, and concepts, rewarding students in small teams rather than at the…

This teaching guide is the first of three volumes designed to teach Afro-American children street/folk/musical games in the elementary classroom. It is one of the Interdependent Learning Models (ILM) whose overall objective is for teachers to use the cultures of their students as vehicles for teaching academic skills and content. This volume…

This teaching guide is the second of three volumes designed to teach Afro-American children street/folk/musical games in the elementary classroom. It is one of the Interdependent Learning Models (ILM) whose overall objective is for teachers to use the cultures of their students as vehicles for teaching academic skills and content. This volume…

Activities designed to develop reasoning skills with Attribute Blocks are presented. The items are arranged according to age level, however, much overlapping exists between the groupings. The level of the activities ranges from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Some of the items are also viewed as appropriate for prospective elementary and…

This investigation focuses on the life cycle of the yellow perch, the factors which can affect perch populations at each stage of the life cycle, and the methods used to manage Lake Erie perch populations. The investigation is presented in the form of a teachers' guide and a students' guide. It consists of two games related to the management of…

The workbook of field ecology is for use by high school science students participating in two and one-half day weekend trips to Acadia National Park, Maine, as part of Project Adventure, an interdisciplinary program aimed at educating the whole student through experienced-based learning in academics and a physical education program in the…

An inter-racial simulation game was administered to 6 ninth grade social studies classes in a desegregated upper middle class suburban junior high school to determine how the game would affect the white students racial attitudes and the self perceived race relations within the classrooms. There were two experimental treatments, the Sunrise game,…

Teachers have always engaged in analysis of each student's learning responses. The simplest and most common example is the teacher's evaluation of a student's answer as being either correct or incorrect. Teachers also plan subsequent activities based upon this analysis. This analytic approach adapts the instruction or practice to match the…

Parent involvement on a nation-wide basis, as participant advocates in their child's learning, can improve the achievements of the child and the mental health of children, parents, and teachers, and may be a way of reversing the recent trend toward nonlearning and early failure among young children. Schools are not able to make up for a child's…