This guide presents games and activities on integrated pest management (IPM) for home targeting grades 1-7. The activities and games use a problem-solving approach based on pest knowledge to develop an understanding of pest management. Three cases are presented: (1) "Inspection is the Key to IPM Success" includes two…

This book provides puzzles, games, and mathematical activities for students in elementary grades. Number concepts and arithmetic are common topics. These classic math, logic, and word-problem activities encourage students to become flexible, creative thinkers while teaching them to draw valid conclusions based on logic and evidence. Each activity…

This book suggests creative, classroom-tested mathematics activities to teach number recognition and counting, number formation, sorting and classification, measuring (including time and date), shapes, graphing, estimating, ordinal positions, money, patterning, tallying, and fractions. Activities are presented in the forms of games, crafts, songs,…

This packet provides information on the balance between the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and modern forestry in Texas. A set of classroom activities about the Red-cockaded Woodpecker and its habitat for grades 3-6, and a booklet, a pamphlet, and a poster are featured. Sections of the booklet include: (1) "The Red-cockaded…

Describes the scientific use of a board game to train the three-dimensional observation ability and to illustrate the concept of space symmetry. Included are four methods of interpreting results in terms of crystallographic lattices. (CC)

Considered the value of educational simulations in instructional areas and situations. (Author/RK)

Career education is a renewed emphasis on the understanding that education which prepares students for social life should by definition prepare them for a career. Career education in the social studies is an idea whose time has come. (Author)

An outline of a systems approach to teaching science to non-specialists and to giving specialists an interdisciplinary view of science. It is concerned with the nature of science in terms of the basic concepts involved and the relationships between them. (Author)

Increased interest in the use of simulation and games as instructional techniques can motivate the teacher to create games which meet the students' needs at low cost. (JB)

Explains the effective use of paper bags to invite preschoolers' attention and participation in activities. Provides examples of the paper bag technique applied to language, science, and premath experiences as well as creative movement activities. (DP)

Since the empirical status of simulation game use does not seem to substantiate all claims made for the games, methodological problems in games research are pointed out and new areas of scrutiny suggested. (KM)

Reviews briefly the development of games as educational devices and describes the relevance of games to legal education. (Author/PG)

Teaching techniques, such as a word-o-gram supplied, can motivate students to learning in a satisfactory manner. (JB)