Sixteen criteria are described for evaluating elementary school science curriculum materials. Each is briefly described. (PS)

Describes why and how science should be taught in the primary school, with particular illustrations for the first grade. Emphasis is given to helping children develop their rational powers, become acquainted with their environment, and develop their observational and descriptive skills. Children in the primary grades learn from manipulating actual…

Described are activities that are designed to help elementary children understand the possibility of the particle theory of matter. Children work with beads, marbles, B-B shot and sand; by mixing these materials and others they are led to see that it is highly possible for the existence of particles which are not visible. (BR)

Describes the construction of a battery-operated device which buzzes when a correct answer on a punched card is chosen. (CP)

A school science specialist has animals to loan to elementary school teachers. (CP)

Compares the ages of intellectual development of conservation and reversibility concepts by gifted children with established norms. Study shows a substantial percentage of gifted children made abstract conceptions well ahead of children in general. Where the concepts of conservation and displacement of volume had not been grasped, students…

High school students (learning assistants) taught science classes in elementary schools. Learning assistant and teacher were significant influences on the elementary student's performance. Individual learning assistants' attitudes toward a teaching career changed during the experiment. (AL)