The goal of this study was to provide information and ideas that would contribute to the improvement of elementary school science facilities. Specific purposes were to (1) examine existing facilities in a group of selected schools, (2) arrange data so that others might use it to evaluate their facilities, (3) prepare a guide that could be used in…

The purpose of this symposium was to identify and to discuss factors which should influence the design and implementation of elementary school science programs. Five papers were presented at the symposium. The paper presented by D. G. Phillips stressed the implications of Piaget's work for developing science programs: (1) placing certain…

A system of interaction analysis, the Instrument for the Analysis of Science Teaching (IAST, Part 1), and an accompanying sign system (IAST, Part 2) were developed. Originally used to analyze teaching behavior observed in elementary school classrooms where "Science--A Process Approach" was being taught, IAST was later found to be…

Two groups of fifth-grade pupils were equated on reading ability, I.Q., science ability, hearing, and eyesight. The groups selected were well above average in I.Q. and reading ability. Four selections, each of 400 to 500 words, from standard fifth-grade elementary science texts were presented by allowing students to read them or by reading them to…

This field log for grouping animals is developed around a field experience at the zoo. The field guide is organized in three sections. Section one, for use before the field trip, develops the basic concept of classification. Section two, for use at the zoo, guides the students to make direct observations to classify the animals. Section three, for…

Analyzed were the effectiveness of three types of attitude change techniques for changing the attitude of prospective elementary school teachers toward science. A sample of 219 prospective elementary teachers was administered a pretest to measure selected aspects of attitudes toward science. The subjects were assigned to one of four treatment…

Tested was the hypothesis that science instruction based on task analysis will lead to the acquisition of the ability to perform certain Piaget volume tasks which have been characterized as requiring formal operations for their solutions. A Test on Formal Operations and a Learning Hierarchies Test were given to fourth- and sixth-grade students in…

Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) represents a significant innovation in education because it is one of the first successful operations of individualized instruction on a systematic basis throughout an entire school from kindergarten through sixth grade. The aim of IPI is to have the student regularly experience successful learning so that…

The physiology of the human body is one of eight subject areas covered in the K-6 Science Program of the Bethlehem Area School District. This manual is a teacher's guide to activities for each grade level. "Awareness of Senses" is treated in Kindergarten, "Body Growth and Development" in grade 1, "The Senses and Their…

Equipment needed for teaching the New South Wales (Australia) Natural Science course in grades 3-6 is listed. A general list needed for all grades is supplemented by lists of materials needed specifically for each grade. Whenever possible materials available from students' homes are listed, and many examples of improvised equipment are given.…

Evaluated was the effectiveness of the materials of one book, "Charting the Universe," of the six books that comprise the University of Illinois Elementary Science Project. Five hypotheses were tested, including one related to students' general understanding of science, and another related to students' views of astronomy, arithmetic,…

It is suggested that since no one teacher can have complete knowledge of science and its separate disciplines, nor of science as a method, team teaching is an innovative approach that may offer at least a partial solution to the problems of teaching science. Team teaching can be practiced in either self-contained or departmentalized classrooms,…

Reported is a program for models for in-service science training programs which school systems could use as they plan for the improvement of science education for children. The consumers of this program's services included classroom teachers (K-8), science supervisors, curriculum directors, and building principals. Personnel involved in program…

This monograph presents a module that introduces Newtonian Mechanics and related Science - A Process Approach (SAPA) materials. The activities are designed to give the necessary background for understanding the physics involved with the SAPA exercises relevant to this topic. The module is designed so that it can be used with individualized format.…

A sketch of the trend to install science in English elementary schools in terms other than "watered-down" secondary school courses introduces a description of the status of these efforts in 1967. Descriptions of the Nuffield Junior Science project, the Froebel Foundation study of science behavior in young children, and the initiation and…