Presents the architecture of public buildings through a set of four lessons. (S. Talbot-Stanaway and Elizabeth Hornor). The lessons teach about the Oshkosh Grand Opera House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; the Clayton County Library in Jonesboro, Georgia; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the National Gallery of…

The article explains the various stages of the clinical supervision model of R. Goldhammer and describes specific procedures for supervisors in the public schools to use with student teachers in speech-language pathology. Evaluation of skills such as lesson planning and interaction techniques are explained. Worksheets for six skill areas are…

Supports the use of authentic listening materials for students at all levels of English as a second language. A model of listening comprehension instruction that uses news broadcast materials in beginning and advanced student lesson plans is described. (Author/CB)

The purpose of this lesson on classifying triangles is to aid students' discovery of the different characteristics of equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles through computer explorations using Geometric Supposer or GeoExplorer software. (MKR)

Presents activities in which students study exponential growth and decay by collecting data, constructing graphs, and discovering algebraic formulas. (MKR)

Presents a lesson, Scientific Literacy Is a Lifetime Skill, that provides thought and discussion on science as an aspect of everyday life. Uses concept mapping to help students explore from their perspective the relationship between formal science education and real-world situations. (JRH)

Presents activities using three-dimensional geometry to develop spatial skills. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)

Features Internet sites that are sources for lesson plans, materials, group discussion topics, activities, test questions, computer software, and videos for K-12 education. Resources highlighted include CNN Newsroom, KidLink, and AskERIC. (AEF)

Physical education teachers must include verbal prompts in their verbal feedback. The article distinguishes between prompts and feedback, making a linkage between them. It outlines a prompt/feedback package, identifies a rationale for its use in physical education, and presents components of a fifth grade basketball lesson with prompts and…

Describes the curriculum at Frost Lake (Minnesota) Magnet School of Technology and Global Studies, which integrates technology, basic skills, and global education to teach respect for diversity and justice and peace issues in multicultural education. Objectives, activities, and resources for three sample lessons are presented. (LRW)

Presents a classroom activity wherein students use dilution techniques to gain an understanding of small measurements such as parts per million, billion, or trillion. Includes activity extensions, two lists of analogies for thinking about the size of small quantities, and questions leading to further investigations. (six references) (MCO)

Improvisational role-play is presented as a teaching strategy that can help students with hearing impairments learn to use a variety of language forms while growing in literature appreciation. The teacher develops lesson plans around a story the children are reading, and students enter into the characters' roles, exploring the situations that…

The Learning Cycle as an instructional strategy in science consists of three phases: exploration, concept introduction, and concept application. The strategy's support of language development in students with deafness is noted, and three lessons are presented: force (primary level), physical properties of matter (older elementary), and properties…

Presents a 10-day teaching unit on the law and ethics of press rights, particularly regarding high school student newspapers. Includes unit objectives and suggested resources, as well as sample situations for class activities. (SR)

This article presents a lesson plan for teaching students the third of five steps for solving mathematical problems, "lining up a plan." Steps for teaching students to visualize the problem and draw a picture of the problem are given. (DB)