This guidebook is designed to assist elementary grade teachers in following an outdoor education curriculum developed in Wausau, Wisconsin, though the activities are applicable to most areas. The book contains outlines of materials and lessons to use and evaluate so that a final guidebook can be produced that will be of the most use for teachers.…

In this paper, the science program for preservice elementary school teachers at the University of Arizona, Tucson, is described. The philosophic rationale behind the program and descriptions of one-semester, three-unit courses in the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy, and Biology are provided. (CP)

This review for 1976 has been issued to analyze and synthesize research related to the teaching and learning of science completed during the year. The review is intended to provide research information for development personnel, ideas for future research, and an indication of trends in research in science education. Research has been listed in…

This unit focuses on the concept that populations of marine organisms are unevenly distributed. It is designed for upper elementary and secondary school students and will take 6-10 class periods. Students become involved in identifying various causes of the uneven distribution of marine populations, especially that of the menhaden population.…

Seventy-two children's science books are rated and reviewed by children's librarians and science specialists. Price and age level are given for each book. Also included is a children's book publishing company editor's view of the process of developing and publishing children's science books. (SL)

Presented is a science activities in energy package which includes 16 activities relating to electrical energy. Activities are simple, concrete experiments for fourth, fifth and sixth grades which illustrate principles and problems relating to energy. Each activity is outlined in a single card which is introduced by a question. A teacher's…

This review of research into pupils' attitudes toward science cites significant British and American studies. Research studies appear under one of nine headings: (1) Attitude measurement in science education, (2) Differences between biology and the physical sciences, (3) The difficulty of the physical sciences and its causes, (4) The early age of…

Presented is a description of a research project related to the use of two modes of instruction, the abstract mode and the applied mode, and gains made from them. A secondary purpose of the investigation was to compare student gains according to area of interest. The writer selected one of the processes of science, the process of measuring, which…

The purpose of this guide is to provide information about instructional techniques, course offerings, evaluation methods, and science budgets relating to science programs in Connecticut schools. The information in the report is divided into the following nine sections: a philosophy for the teaching of science, instructional patterns, science…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a practical procedure for determining the optimum sequencing of pictorial classification tasks in science using mean difficulty indices generated by a standard sample of grade two students. Acquisition of such skills can affect the learner's performance on subsequent material and the teacher's efforts in…

Presented is a description and copy of a test manual developed to include items in the test on the basis of children's performance; each item correlated highly with performance on an external criterion. The external criterion was the Individual Competency Measures of the elementary science program Science - A Process Approach (SAPA). The test…

This publication examines the role of the science teacher, and how the teacher brings to his work substance, structure, and style. The substance of science and technology consists of two elements: its products, the conceptual schemes and tools which give scientists and laymen their comprehension of the world; and the processes which enable…

This monograph presents a description, along with the purposes, of the Del Mod System. It is described as a system concerned with inducing changes in the existing systems in the area of science education. The investment of time and funds (a National Science Foundation-funded project) is devoted to an alteration of the behavior patterns of…

This monograph presents an updating of a report made in 1969 which led to the development of the Del Mod System. It is an assessment of science education in Delaware. Data presented were collected on site in the schools. Assessment of the science facilities, curriculum, and attitudes was made. Science programs in use in 1974 in the elementary,…

This publication represents a model for the Natural Science Education Curriculum for grades two through four in Delaware's schools. This guide is meant to serve as a minimal standard for natural science education, but at the same time strives for maximum output of the natural science program. The guide is based on the processes of science…