Describes the unusual atmosphere of a college-level classroom for prospective science teachers. The professor captures the interest of the many school children who visit the room which contains a variety of live and preserved specimens. The idea is described as the room approach to teaching science. (EB)

Presents a series of activities intended to enable teachers to determine if children are ready to be introduced to the concept of speed. Reviews Piaget's theories and the empirical evidence on which the sequence is based. (Author/CP)

Describes various elementary school activities using a loaf of raisin bread to promote inquiry skills. Activities include estimating the number of raisins in the loaf by constructing histograms of the number of raisins in a slice. (MLH)

Discusses the fact that when the materials or interactions used as a basis for a science activity posses a high degree of familiarity, the student may rely on past experience rather than on gathering data to use in making judgments. In such cases, a simple request for observed evidence should be made. (MLH)

Describes a career education program for elementary school children which uses an interdisciplinary approach to integrate science with creative arts in developing career units in each class. Activities include writing and performing playlets which depict what people do in different careers. (MLH)

Describes the design and materials for an elementary school science laboratory which can be installed for approximately $3,000. (MLH)

Describes how children can learn fundamental concepts of measurement by using nonstandard measuring devices and simple comparisons. (MLH)

A sample of 228 elementary school children in a large eastern city was administered tasks which tested visual perceptions of solid objects, and photographs and drawings of these objects. Results showed that children in grades one, four, and six demonstrate a tendency to perform more efficiently on observation and comparison tasks employing solid…

In the project described, high school students became familiarized with a material-centered inquiry approach to teaching science, and introduced science activities to children in the lower grades' open-classrooms. The project has encouraged meaningful interaction between the secondary and elementary schools and prompted changes in teaching styles.…

Provides a detailed explanation of the metric system as well as the historical basis for its development and cites the advantages of using the system over the one presently in use. (BR)

One would be hard-pressed to find a college or university in the United States without at least one outreach program designed to support science education in local K-12 schools. Over the last three decades, scores of thriving science education outreach programs have had significant and extraordinarily positive effects on K-12 science education. In…

Discusses formative evaluation (those evaluation activities carried out while a curriculum is still being developed) and relates this to the development of the Individualized Science (IS) program at the University of Pittsburgh. (PEB)

Presents some considerations about the variable of "wait time," a pause after a teacher question so that students can think or a pause after a student statement. (PEB)