Discusses the use of the computer as a learning aid in the elementary school. Explains how children are introduced to the use of the computer and taught computer programing. (GA)

Outlines a plan for teaching science in the elementary school. Includes nature study, mathematical activities, and processes of science. (MA)

Here are 12 ideas for combining the Christmas season and some creative learning activities for young students. (RK)

Presents a student centered science curriculum model utilizing inquiry strategy and language rich experiences to develop student skills of questioning, thinking, speaking, listening, and reading. (SL)

Encourages the integration of science into other subject areas and into current events as a means to increase the emphasis upon science in the elementary school curriculum. (CP)

Presented is an introduction to the life history and interesting qualities of the golden beetle. Suggestions for activities and questions leading from an examination of this insect are given. (MR)

Discusses activities with magnets and magnetism for elementary students. (SL)

Science should not be considered a secondary subject in elementary education and should not, as is often the case, be saved for the end of the school day when students and teachers are at a low energy ebb. Science and the three R's are not at odds but are complementary. (BB)

Presents a philosophy for long term continuous observation of young children in order to study this intellectual development. A one year study of a class of 32 eight-and nine-year-old students was conducted. (SL)

"Star Trek", which was aired on television for three years, brought the creatures and conflicts of the "outer reaches" of space into our living rooms. Here its new episodes and reruns are analyzed by elementary students as part of a social studies/elementary science curriculum. (Author/RK)

Increasingly, the importance of non-verbal behavior in the classroom is being acknowledged. A qualitative description of studies examining the relationship between non-verbal behavior and right-left brain functioning is provided. (CP)

Suggests that individualized science curricula do not provide elementary school age children with the direction, diversity of experiences and depth of learning which they need. (CP)

Told by a sixth-grade student, the article details the construction of a two meter tall paper mache model of a stegosaurus dinosaur. (CP)

Several examples of children's literature which contain one or more of the conceptual themes of: (1) change through time, (2) diversity of type and unity of pattern in living things or (3) the complementary relationship between organism and environment are abstracted. (CP)

Reports on a study to determine if teachers presenting science classes to more than one elementary class use different teaching practices than do those teachers who teach only their own class. (SL)