The stated purpose of this pamphlet is to suggest simple, natural, interesting experiences in children's play that have science implications. It tells how the teacher may capitalize on the innate curiosity of children by incorporating science discovery in daily classroom experiences. This how-to-do-it manual directs map-making and activities for…

Curriculum materials and methods for studying science at varying rates of progress were demonstrated to selected upper elementary teachers, supervisors, and principals throughout Virginia. Analyzed were the relationships between student performance and related classroom and learner variables. Teachers used programed materials in inservice training…

Investigated was the ability of children at different grade levels to develop and form an abstract science concept which required the recognition of a continuum. Direction in forming the continuum was given by having children order a number of pictures to form the continuum which represented the cycle. The ability to form such a concept was…

This guide is designed to assist teachers of the intermediate level grades in the preparation of students to visit the Strasenburgh Planetarium. This initial preparation and follow-up are essential because the programs are given to groups of 240 students and consequently there is little opportunity for individual discussion with the planetarium…

This is the first in the second series of general bibliographies developed to disseminate information on documents analyzed at the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science Education. Reported are some 217 citations of selected documents related to instructional procedures in science education. The documents included represent research reports,…

Presented is a summary of an environmental science workshop for pre-service elementary teacher education held at Nairobi, Kenya. Workshop objectives include: (1) to adapt existing teacher training curricula to the requirements of an environmentally oriented curriculum of primary schools in Africa; (2) to highlight innovations in environmental…

This study was designed to determine the relationships of student anxiety and dependency to the effects of teaching structure on the acquisition of science knowledge and processes within inductive/discovery learning. Teaching structure refers to the relative amounts of teacher and/or student control within the tasks. Randomly assigned fifth- and…

This publication has been designed for use by teachers wishing to incorporate consumer education activities into their science program. Each activity is classified by grade level most appropriate for use, area of consumer education involved, specific topic, and consumer education concept involved. Activities are designated as suitable for grades…

This publication is designed as a guide for the instructional program in science. The first part contains performance goals and conceptual schemes. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of science as content and as process. The processes outlined are: observing, classifying, measuring, inferring, predicting, and identifying variables. Experimental…

The purpose of this publication is to provide science teachers with the means to enhance the learning of environment through the use of instructional games. Included are science and science-related games currently available commercially, from individuals or groups of teachers, and from private and public organizations and agencies. Over 100…

The information contained in this booklet is designed to assist teachers at all levels (K through college) in planning, preparing, and supplementing science courses and topics. Appearing in a bibliographic format, science resource information is listed including: (1) suppliers of scientific materials, equipment, laboratory furniture, audiovisual…

In this study, creative growth and student behavior under two measurably different sets of learning conditions were investigated. The learning conditions were defined as the physical facilities (classroom, seating arrangement, lighting, etc.), available science materials, and teacher behavior pattern (verbal and nonverbal). Fifth-grade science…

This survey of K-12 science education in Iowa presents descriptive statistics in the following areas: (1) organization of the K-12 educational systems - including a description of the school districts and governing systems; (2) teacher education and certification - including a survey of science teachers in Iowa and teacher preparation…

The purpose of this study was to describe the questioning strategies which fifth-grade teachers employed in their classroom discussions during the teaching of science. The areas of investigation included the initial questioning interchange made by the teacher and a classification of the question into a taxonomy, the forms of the student response…

This publication was prepared for elementary teachers and other local personnel responsible for providing, maintaining and using living organisms to enhance elementary science programs. The manual contains a foreword, general information, and an appendix. It gives information concerning equipment and supplies, establishing and maintaining an…