Two teacher behavior patterns differing in the degree of directiveness utilized by the teacher were investigated. The results show that teacher behavior does effect student behavior in elementary science classes where hands on activities are employed and presents evidence that materials, activities, and curricula cannot be made teacher-proof. (BT)

Presents classroom activities for teaching microbiology at the elementary and secondary levels. Activities demonstrate the existence of the microbial world, types of microbes, and their growth needs and effects in nature. (MLH)

Discusses a ten-step program that utilizes both a steering committee and a teachers committee for textbook selection; recommended for selecting textbooks in any discipline in any school involving a large number of teachers. (MLH)

Described is a packet of instructional materials presenting case studies of six environmental issues. The political processes, moral dilemmas, and alternate sides of each issue are presented. An instructor's guide is included. (SL)

Described is a program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in which engineering and science students with no education background teach elementary science classes to grades K-5. (SL)

Described is a method of utilizing nomographs to increase student interest in mathematical computations, an experiment dealing with freezing water which students can perform at home, and a technique for interdisciplinary lesson planning. (SL)

Directions are given to students for making a time line showing scientific and mathematical happenings. Educational uses of this activity are discussed. (DT)

When a classroom is opened to inquiry-based learning, teachers can no longer rely solely on traditional end-of-unit tests. "Seamless Assessment" is a one-stop guide to strategies that mirror the investigatory spirit. Working with the popular 5E model as an instructional framework, the authors have designed methods for embedding formative and…

The main author of this paper (J.W.) wrote the original as two separate essays for a Bachelor of Education unit at Northern Territory University (The Teaching of Science: EBE 483) for the second author (B.P.). This unit contains as a major component student/teacher research on children's ideas (misconceptions) in science. This paper seems very…

Teacher action research is a powerful tool for change that begins with teachers conducting research in their own schools and classrooms in order to discover how to do something in a better way. This book contains a collection of action research reports written by seven elementary teachers (K-4) who were in their first year of implementation of…

This paper explains how brain-based learning has become an area of interest to elementary school science teachers, focusing on the possible relationships between, and implications of, research on brain-based learning to the teaching of science education standards. After describing research on the brain, the paper looks at three implications from…

This study brings an anthropological perspective informed by sociolinguistic discourse analysis to examine how teachers, students, and scientists constructed ways of investigating and knowing science. The teaching and learning processes for a group of third grade students and how, in the following academic year, these same students drew upon their…

Brief comments on the topic of safety in the classroom and field, a technique for demonstrating the three-dimensional nature of a magnetic field, and a method for stimulating student interest in science films. (JR)

Describes some of the advantages of an elementary science activity in which students discover that blowing through a straw into a bromthymol blue solution changes the color to yellow. Directions are provided for preparing the bromthymol blue solution. (JR)