Lists the advantages of having insects as classroom animals and suggests lessons utilizing them for science, English, social studies and mathematics. (LS)

Presents the inside story of how an elementary school science curriculum incorporated into its program the building of a greenhouse, built at very low cost due to student and community enthusiasm. Materials and palns are described. (EB)

Reports on a part of a report on primary schools in England. States that science instruction tends to be superficial, and that the teaching and the content require more planning. (GA)

Examines the individual and cumulative effects on achievement of providing students with objectives, sample test items, and a mastery strategy that included diagnostic testing and remedial instruction. Also investigates the effects of mastery learning on achievement of students with different aptitudes for learning. (Author/GA)

Describes a program developed to prepare elementary teachers to use several new interdisciplinary, inquiry-oriented elementary science curricula. Improvement of the teachers' skills in developing and presenting science demonstrations and in directing student investigations was emphasized. (Author/IRT)

This article tells how to prepare and use frog leg bones in the classroom. (BB)

Explains a way to determine the age of a turtle, how to care for them and what to feed them while in temporary captivity. (GA)

Urges the use of the immediate environment of the school to serve as a focus and a medium to help plan activities and experiments in the different subject areas of science, and in the area of environment. (GA)

Investigates the effect of cue specificity on the transmission of information and learning through the use of graphical materials in science. (GA)

A monthly exchange of tips, projects, ideas and resources. (Editor)

Take the wraps off! More than 20 classroom activities bring to light the treasures of an ancient culture. (Editor)

Measures whether pre-school children (ages 34 to 65 months) can master concepts of the first five exercises of K-level science--A Process Approach (SAPA) within seven weeks with four lessons of 10 minutes each week. More than 90 percent of the sample of 226 achieved at the 90 percent competency level. (CP)

Reviews the Elementary School Sciences Program (ESSP) in terms of format and content, goals and objectives, student materials, teacher materials, and equipment and media kits. (CP)

A pretest-posttest research design was used with 104 first-grade children to determine if discrimination and classifactory activities would affect transition from preoperational to concrete stages. Findings showed the experimental group exhibited significantly greater transition than did the control group. (CP)

Describes the contents of Elementary School Aerospace Activities: A Resource for Teachers. Activities examine a variety of topics in aerospace education and are intended to be used with children ages 5-11. The book is available from the Government Printing Office (GPO) for $3.00. (CP)