Described is an environmental awareness simulation game involving the life function of food getting. Instructions, charts, task sheets and questions are included for each segment of the game. (DS)

A study was undertaken to determine whether five blind children could learn to use a spatial sensor to enhance their interaction with the environment. The results of the study, in which the teaching occurred in game format, was that four of the Ss were very quickly able to use the sensor. (PHR)

This article describes a study in which Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) was implemented for three weeks into elementary classes and for four weeks in high school classes. Results show significant improvement in students' nutrition knowledge. (Author/SA)

Suggests creating a selection of individually-packaged mathematics games which elementary students can use to improve their math skills in spare time at school or at home. Fourteen games are described. (SJL)

Details rules and lists of cards for a card game based on rummy as an aid in the teaching of cardiovascular physiology, appropriate for first- and second-year osteopathic medical students. (CS)

In a study of seventh graders playing concept and skill games in mathematics, it was found that grouping students according to prior achievement did not make a major difference in their learning. (JD)

Cross-number puzzles are presented as both learning devices and as means of student evaluation. (MP)

Presents a variety of elementary games and learning activities for language arts, reading, math, and science which all relate to the theme of dinosaurs. (SJL)

Presents an exercise in which the aim is to practice question-forming in a game context, and to show students how to make well-formed questions. Students are broken down into groups. One member reads a story silently. The others, provided with vague clues, must ask "yes-no" questions and reconstruct the story. (Author/PJM)

Fifteen teaching suggestions are offered for elementary language skills activities. The focus is on developing proficiency in sentence completion, alphabetizing, story telling, writing, describing, listening creatively, spelling, and expanding language comprehension. (JD)

Describes the background, setting, materials, controls, and a sample of a simulation game on the task of diffusion in a school setting. (CMV)

Tells how one teacher provides English instruction by simulating an atmosphere of medical internships and consultation. Notes the benefits of such a classroom game. (RL)

Describes a decision-making educational game based on the pioneer experiences of British army personnel in Canada in the early nineteenth century. Procedures for playing the game are outlined. (DB)

The authors discuss the use of classroom games to help students prepare for future realities through exploring values and assumptions about the present and the future. They describe several commercial games and suggest that teachers (and students) also design their own games. (MF)

Describes an exercise designed to help students experience the inequities of land and wealth distribution and to raise serious questions about solutions to those inequities. (FL)