Contained within this Health Activities Project (HAP) trial edition (set III) are a teacher information folio and numerous student activity folios which center around the idea that students in grades 5-8 can control their own health and safety. Each student folio is organized into an Overview, Health Background, Materials, Setting Up, and…

Contained within this Health Activities Project (HAP) learning packet are activities for children in grades 5-8. Design of the activities centers around the idea that students can control their own health and safety. Within the Heart Fitness and Action Module are teacher and student folios describing five activities which involve students in…

Contained within this Health Activities Project (HAP) learning packet are activities for children in grades 5-8. Design of the activities centers around the idea that students can control their own health and safety. Within this module are teacher and student folios describing four activities which involve students in learning how to measure their…

Contained within this Health Activities Project (HAP) learning packet are activities for children in grades 5-8. Design of the activities centers around the idea that students can control their own health and safety. Within this module are teacher and student folios describing six activities which involve students in restricting their vision by…

Contained within this Health Activities Project (HAP) learning packet are activities for children in grades 5-8. Design of the activities centers around the idea that students can control their own health and safety. Within this module are teacher and student folios describing activities in timing, improving, and practicing to improve reaction…

FROM 1962 TO 1963, THE JAPAN BROADCASTING CORP. CONDUCTED A STUDY TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION ON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ISOLATED AREAS OF JAPAN, WHO HAD SCORED BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ON NATIONWIDE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. 4 PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE CHOSEN FOR THE EXPERIMENT. THE STUDENTS WERE PRETESTED FOR INTELLIGENCE,…

THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH GRADE PUPILS' KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS AND TO DISCOVER PUPILS' ABILITY TO APPLY THIS KNOWLEDGE. PUPILS FROM 21 SCHOOLS LOCATED IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WERE TESTED WITH TWO TESTS DEVELOPED BY THE INVESTIGATOR. THE SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE TEST…

SELECTED PAPERS FROM TWO 1964 CONFERENCES ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF COGNITIVE STUDIES AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS JOURNAL. SUBJECTS CONSIDERED ARE (1) DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, (2) AMERICAN COGNITIVE STUDIES, (3) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITIVE STRUCTURE AND EXPERIENCE, (4) THE USE OF LEARNING RESEARCH IN CURRICULUM…

THE INITIAL QUESTION IN THE TITLE IS ANSWERED THROUGH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS FOR CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MUSCLES, RUNNING, WATER, WIND, STEAM, FAST BURNING AND ELECTRICITY ARE FOUND TO "MAKE THINGS GO." USING THESE BASIC DISCOVERIES, VOCABULARY IS BUILT UP BY WORKING WITH DIFFERENT WORDS RELATING TO THE…

Contained in this teacher's manual are over 40 energy education activities for elementary school students. Lessons are designed for science, social studies, mathematics, and language arts classes. This approach is intended to allow teachers to provide students with energy-related learning opportunities throughout the school program as parts of…

This document provides a materials guide containing annotated bibliographies of literature for teachers and students, a film guide, and a curriculum materials guide for educational sources relating to hunger, food, and the world food crisis. Materials span the range from pre-school to grade 12. (SL)

This curriculum guide is composed of three units. Each unit has three chapters, and each chapter has six lessons. The objectives of the course are to develop an awareness of and information about energy conservation, as well as to improve inquiry skills and participation habits. Each set of lessons covers the full range of objectives in the…

This safety guide for elementary school science teachers who plan science activities or laboratories for their students, presents information in the form of a flip chart that can be posted in the classroom and referred to in an emergency. Space is provided for emergency telephone numbers. A safety checklist is given for the teacher. Topics…

Presented is a list of children's science books that are rated and annotated by children's librarians and science educators. Included with each book are the age of child for whom it is intended, the price, and the typical bibliographic information. An author-title cumulative index is given for volume twelve. The contributors to the issue are…

This is a condensed report of a study commissioned by the Minister's Advisory Committee on Student Achievement (MACOSA) to study student achievement in science at grades three, six, nine, and twelve in Alberta, Canada. Baseline information for future assessments and a summary of student achievement of curricular objectives were to be provided.…