This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. The unit is designed for intermediate grade elementary school students. Emphasized in the units are air, the use of air, and air pollution. The seven lessons can be used consecutively or spaced throughout the year. Each lesson includes the…

This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. The lessons in this unit are designed to help students discover causes, effects, and results of air pollution through involvement in various activities; it is recommended for intermediate grade elementary school pupils. The unit can be used…

Investigated was the lateral asymmetry in children's hemispheric brain functioning during performance of Piagetian and curriculum related tasks. Six subproblems were investigated. Eighteen right-handed children, ages six to eight years old, were given electroencephalograms while performing a battery of tasks: Piagetian conservation tasks,…

Advocates the use of manipulative and observational science activities as the basis for children's experience stories that can be used as material for reading and language arts programs. (CP)

An instructional technique is described which is considered helpful for freeing a teacher to meet the needs of students who require personal attention at a given time. (EB)

A group of third graders trained in the proportional reasoning associated with converting distance and elapsed time into speed scored significantly higher on an immediate retention test than the control group (no instruction), but there was no difference between groups on a delayed retention test. (MLH)

Gives basic instructions for rearing several readily available insect species particularly well suited to use in secondary, and even elementary, school classrooms and laboratories. (LS)

The treatment of electricity in each of the three most widely used National Science Foundation sponsored elementary science programs (SAPA, SCIS, and ESS) is examined. Comparisons between the programs are made. (Author/CP)

Describes an entertaining approach to use in stimulating creative thinking in elementary science. (JMB)

Presents an annotated bibliography of fiction related to environmental concerns for elementary school students. (BB)

Presents an eight-page teaching guide on energy education for use in elementary school classrooms. Included are information on what energy is and where it comes from, ideas on how to mount a schoolwide energy awareness campaign, activities for teaching energy conservation, ideas on how to organize an energy fair, and a resource bibliography. (JMB)

Two learning activities are presented to develop observation and classification skills at the elementary level. The first is an electric box that associates tree names with leaf and bark specimens, and the second is a pond water observation and slide preparation activity. (BB)

Evaluates the use of mass media to create awareness of the concept, action science, and of a facility, resource services. Results indicate that this project was not superior in creating awareness of the designated curricula during its period of activity, although it did effect an increased awareness overall. (MA)

Study included a survey of science educators related to the need to teach science, and a review of the literature on the learning theory approach to attitude change. Hypothetical models of a credible science educator and of credible communication were established by the study. (MA)

The study's findings appear to indicate that the inclusion or exclusion of pictures in elementary science textbooks does not influence comprehension of the material. In addition, achievement levels appear to be an accurate predictor of the students' ability to comprehend the text. (Author/MA)