Many believe that children begin to learn science from the moment they start to perceive their environment. They have an innate need to make sense of what happens. Little by little, they form a useful model of the world around them. Before children go to school, they exercise their natural curiosity daily. School can expand a child's understanding…

Previous research of classroom teaching and learning revealed that students have critical misconceptions about how plants get their food and that these misconceptions remain unchanged despite instruction using activities in the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIIS) unit on producers. Because the experimental sequence described in SCIIS is…

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is charged with the responsibility to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the fish and wildlife in Kentucky. Involved in this broad program are a number of services, including the Wildlife Conservation Education Program. During the months of September through April, Conservation Club leaders…

This paper is concerned with the kind of messages about science conveyed to 23 young gifted children enrolled at the McGill Summer School for Gifted and Talented Children in Montreal while utilizing a particular teaching model. Five science lessons were analyzed by applying a newly developed scheme to classroom interactions. The scheme helps to…

In this elementary science activity students construct a simple measuring device and gain experience in collecting and recording data, communicating data with graphs, and making predictions from their graphed data. (JR)

Presented is one individual's opinion that teachers should stress outdoor education as the interrelationships of the environment rather than as traditional conservation and nature study programs. (PEB)

Described is the use of praying mantises as organisms to illustrate the concept of predator. (PEB)

Describes the use of a unit on arthropods as a device for helping children develop an awareness and appreciation of the living environment. (PEB)

Twelve science activities involving the common paper food bag and the small plastic food bag are described. (DT)

In the activity described, elementary school children each adopt a tree and make monthly observations which are recorded in their log books. (JR)

Describes an environmental education curriculum for Aboriginies of the Arnhem Land Reserve which takes into account the needs of the students, the local environment and the resources of the local community. (BR)

Presents comments on problems voiced by teachers about conducting science fairs with middle school children, also cites some advantages of science fairs. A list of simple experiments is offered that are considered within the interests and intellectual range of middle school children. (Author/EB)

Reports the extent to which audio-tutorial United States science programs can be adapted for Israel, effect of maturation on pupil's learning, effect of socio-economic status of pupils, effect of classroom composition, achievement differences between boys and girls, and benefit of using different modes of performance for student evaluation. (GS)