This project had as its objectives (1) the development of programs which would lead to the improvement of teaching science and mathematics K-8 in the state of Kansas, and (2) to test a dissemination model. One-hundred and ten principals and teachers attended seminars, lectures, and demonstrations and were involved in teaching elementary school…

Objectives for this module include the ability to: (1) describe properties of an object or event using all five of their senses; (2) construct statements that are observations and inferences. The population for which this instructional program has been found to be effective includes preservice and inservice elementary school teachers who teach…

Objectives for this module include the ability to: (1) order objects by comparing a property which the objects have in common (such as length, area, volume or mass), (2) describe objects (length, area, volume, mass, etc.) by comparing them quantitatively using either arbitrary units of comparison or standard units of comparison, and (3) describe…

This is the teaching guide for the first third of a coordinated science program for grades seven through nine. The materials have been prepared according to the following Intermediate Science Curriculum Study rationale: (1) science at the junior-high-school level should serve a general education function, and (2) both processes and concepts should…

This manual, prepared by the Science Project Related to Upgrading Conservation Education (Project S.P.R.U.C.E.), contains suggestions for introducing elementary school students to current environmental problems. Problems treated are population density, social pollution, visual pollution, air pollution, and water pollution. A background discussion…

The authors of this curriculum supplement believe in a laboratory approach to chemistry and express the feeling that environmental chemistry provides the students an opportunity to apply theoretical chemistry to important practical problems. There are eighteen activities presented, each accompanied with behavioral objectives, one or more suggested…

Basic knowledge about Skylab experiments is presented in this book, one of a series, for the purpose of informing high school teachers about scientific research performed in orbit and enabling the teachers to broaden their basis for material selection. This fourth volume is concerned with experiments designed to improve man's understanding of…

In this study, the two modes were operationally distinguished by the degree of teacher control over the conduct of pupil investigations. In the unstructured mode the teacher identified the area of investigation and supplied appropriate apparatus. The structured mode was identifiable with the teaching strategy typical of a curriculum such as…

Reported is an investigation of teacher education programs in science museums, program contents, and procedures of planning and implementing, in order to suggest improved ways by which museums wishing to do so can modify existing programs or initiate new ones. Special note was made of the role which science museums have developed and hold in…

The unit presented in this teacher's guide is one of two developed for the sixth and final year in the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) curriculum. The concept of a scientific model is introduced in this unit with activities directed toward increasing student understanding of electric and magnetic phenomena through concrete experience…

This pupil's study guide is intended to be used with audio-taped biology modules. Each of the units (on laboratory techniques, plant and animal diversity, chemistry, cells, energy, microbiology, genetics, and development) contains an abstract providing an overview of the unit, the rationale and performance objectives for each module, questions to…

In this middle school students' guide poetry, music, fine arts, drama, and movement are used to help teach science students that there are a number of valid points of view about natural phenomena, only one of which is scientific. The limitations on questions for which scientists can seek answers are illustrated by science-fiction accounts of…

This teaching guide and syllabus outline is intended for use with pupils whose primary interests are in non-science fields, or who do not intend to enter college. The guide contains suggested activities, both laboratory and discussion, for a course containing the following sections: Introduction to Cells and Life; Animal Physiology; Plant…

The first section of this manual has been developed to help leaders and youth examine and gradually understand some of the more complex environmental factors. It helps to explain what things are where and why, why a certain project has been suggested, whether it is a practical one for a given place, and what must be known before it can be…

The Australian Science Education Project is producing material designed for use in grades 7-10 of Australian schools. This is the first trial version of a unit concerned with sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. The teacher's guide outlines the use of the two booklets ("Messengers" and "Use of the Senses") intended for all…