The authors engaged in an education experiment to determine if the integration of lab and lecture activities in zoology and botany proved beneficial to student learning and motivation toward biology. Their results revealed that this strategy positively influenced students' academic achievement, conceptual understanding, and ability to apply…

An emerging body of research suggests that a set of broad "21st century skills"--such as adaptability, complex communication skills, and the ability to solve non-routine problems--are valuable across a wide range of jobs in the national economy. However, the role of K-12 education in helping students learn these skills is a subject of current…

The use of interactive computer graphics in an undergraduate science curriculum is explored. (Author)

The article reviews the current status of special curriculum for gifted learners and proposes a new perspective for the development of mathematics and science curriculum at grades 6-12. Recognition of the need for accelerated content within a conceptual framework that incorporates principles of current technology is emphasized. (Author/CL)

This document describes science benchmarks for grades K-8 in Earth and Space Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. Each subject area is divided into topics followed by a short content description and grade level information. Source documents for this paper included science content guides from California, Ohio, South Carolina, and South…

Increased awareness of color, sound, smell, and touch turns kids into pollution combatants. (Editor)

Teaches the concept of migration. (FF)

Science is now unchallengeable as part of the pattern of school studies, although it is not at all clear what the precise justifications for its position are, or how profound a relationship with it is considered desirable once children have made the curriculum choices. Promotes science for liberal study. (Author/JK)

The futile attempt of a massive school system" to shift with changing moods is illustrated by the swing away from science. Within less than a decade the mood of the schools went from wild enthusiasm about the hard sciences to what might be characterized as a mild distaste for these disciplines and indeed for disciplines of any kind. (Editor)