In this series of booklets, eight Florida animals describe their appearance, habitats, food, behavior, and relationships with humans. Each entry is written for elementary students from the animal's point of view and includes a bibliography. Contained are the life stories of the bald eagle, black bear, Florida panther, gopher tortoise, Eastern…

Ninety-three preservice elementary teachers volunteered to participate in an investigation designed to study and change their attitudes toward science teaching. The purpose of the investigation was to: (1) test a persuasive communication that had been designed using Hovland's framework, (2) question the relevance of the consistency principle for…

Personal observations suggest that conventional evaluation methods used in methods courses heighten rather than alleviate the insecurity of teachers who suffer from science anxiety. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the benefits of a graduate science methods course that used a nonthreatening evaluation method. This method consisted…

THIS EARTH SCIENCE CURRICULUM PROJECT (ESCP) REFERENCE SERIES PROVIDES INFORMATION ON SOURCES OF MATERIALS, CLASSROOM TEACHING AIDS, LABORATORY AND FIELD PROJECT SUGGESTIONS, AND OTHER RELATED TOPICS IN THE FIELDS OF (1) ASTRONOMY, (2) GEOLOGY, (3) METEOROLOGY, (4) OCEANOGRAPHY, AND (5) PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. THESE PAMPHLETS ARE INTENDED TO AID THE…

THIS BOOKLET WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHER USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE STUDY UNIT "MICROGARDENING." IT CONTAINS DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING CULTURE DISHES AND TUBES OF NUTRIENT STERILE AGAR FOR FUNGAL AND/OR BACTERIAL GROWTH. IT INCLUDES (1) LISTS OF NEEDED SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, (2) DIRECTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION AND…

PREPARED UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT STUDY, THIS TRIAL EDITION OF A TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR A UNIT ON ENERGY IS INTENDED FOR USE AT THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE LEVELS. THE UNIT IS DESIGNED ESSENTIALLY AROUND PUPIL-CENTERED ACTIVITIES WHICH REQUIRE BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS. THE ACTIVITIES IN PART I OF…

PROCEDURES FOR IMPROVISING LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR AN ACTIVE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE PROGRAM AND SOME SUGGESTED APPLICATIONS ARE PRESENTED. NEW COURSES OFTEN REQUIRE APPARATUS KITS AS WELL AS TEACHER'S GUIDES IN ORDER FOR THE PROGRAM TO BE CARRIED OUT AS DESIGNED. AS SCIENCE PROGRAMS EXPAND, MORE VERSATILITY, FLEXIBILITY, AND BROADER APPLICATION ARE…

Thirty-one state guides, published or revised between 1955 and 1964, were studied to examine (1) the major areas of science included, (2) the sequence of presentation by grades, (3) the recommended science concepts to be taught at each grade level, (4) the stated objectives of elementary school science as revealed by the guides, and (5) laboratory…

Determined were aerospace principles for inclusion in fifth or sixth grade science programs and the extent to which current textbooks included these principles. A preliminary list of principles was formulated and submitted to the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Bureau of Standards for modification. From this, a revised…

Affective behaviors among 20 gifted students in day-to-day science classroom and laboratory situations were investigated. The course studied was developed at the University of Illinois with the support of the Illinois Demonstration Program for Gifted Children. Data were collected by direct observation, an interview, and a written test. Students…

Investigated were the inferences that children draw from science tests and their relation to the intuitive, concrete and formal levels of thinking and mental development postulated by Piaget. It was found that the older the pupil is, both chronologically and mentally, or the higher his grade placement, the more frequently he uses the formal level…

Analyzed were cognitive behaviors required by an elementary science curriculum plan, "Science - A Process Approach." For each activity in this curriculum plan a list of required student cognitive behaviors was made. In the final analysis each activity was represented by its most complex cognitive requirement or "top coding."…

This handbook, prepared by the Science Education Programme for Africa (SEPA), provides materials designed to improve science teacher education in African countries. The handbook provides illustrations of how in-service teachers teach science, how children learn science, how adults relate to children, how some teachers prepare for the task of…

Included in this teacher's guide are: (1) a list of language arts activities to supplement COAST learning experiences; (2) additional activities for grades 3-5 emphasizing vocabulary development and developing scrapbooks; and (3) eight activities for using children's books about the marine environment in the classroom in grades 1-6. The appendix…

This study was designed to determine if the conclusion of Ruff and Orlich that textbook salesperson were the primary source of information about elementary social studies for Washington elementary principals would be substantiated through replication. In addition, the investigation sought information on several pertinent variables not available in…