Home economics students agreed that learning about nutrition was more fun when it was related to foods that go into their favorite dishes, particularly when they shared in the growing of these foods. (Author/MW)

Describes the construction and flying of kites for the purpose of monitoring meteorological conditions. (BR)

This article describes a project on chickens and eggs undertaken by 5-year-old children in a bilingual school in Mexico City. It describes the three phases of the project and includes photographs and other documentation of the children's work.

The experiences of one industrial arts (IA) program, which utilized students in many capacities in making instructional videotapes, are recounted; three important items of equipment are discussed, and several ways of using videotape in various areas of an IA program are described. (AJ)

This school fair planning guide was developed to facilitate the organization of a school health fair as a creative, practical, and low-cost alternative for overcoming barriers to effective health education. It was developed to provide students with the opportunity to actively participate in a wide variety of health-enhancing learning experiences,…

Three designs for a course in international marketing are described. The first requires a team of three to four students to research a designated country according to specific guidelines to determine which American products would sell best in that country. This project requires a written paper and an oral presentation. The five areas investigated…

Strategies to help state and local social studies councils encourage the teaching of social studies in the elementary grades address the trend to eliminate social studies from the primary grades altogether. The erosion of social studies instruction for young children must be stopped, and this can best be accomplished by leadership at the state and…

How economics can be taught through a student-developed textbook is described. Having secondary students construct their own economics textbook can be an exciting process. During the initial six- or nine-week segment of a course, materials can be collected and organized to make a book that the class can study for the rest of the semester or year.…

An undergraduate honors course on the Nobel Peace Prize winners at the University of Maryland focuses on styles of leadership and includes three main areas of attention: (1) the inner journey, or heart of the peacemaker, (2) leadership exercised through organizations and movements, and (3) the rhetoric of the leader. The course was divided into a…

Described is a technique used with preservice elementary education students whereby they engage in a mini-research project in science. (PEB)

The development of a student operated restaurant as part of the food service program at the La Salle-Peru Area Vocational Center (Illinois) is described. (EA)

This booklet explains in a step by step procedure how to develop a career education contest designed to provide incentive and recognition for students in the awareness, exploration, and preparation phases of career education. Written from a regional viewpoint (based on experience in a multi-district contest), the guide briefly describes these…

This paper discusses four strategies used by the author in college English courses to discourage fraud yet to allow students enough freedom to conduct original research. The strategies include generating "topic lists," in hope of beating term paper "clearinghouses," which must certainly have a time-lag on the topics in their…