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Download full textConnecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1981
This curriculum guide provides topic outlines and objectives for 12 units of an industrial arts program in plastics at any grade level. Introductory material describes the scope and sequence of an Industrial Arts program, gives specific guidelines for Industrial Arts, and briefly discusses the nature of plastics. Unit titles include Orientation of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Equipment Maintenance
Sias, Jim – TIES Magazine, 1990
A project in which students designed environmentally responsible food packaging is described. The problem definition; research on topics such as waste paper, plastic, metal, glass, incineration, recycling, and consumer preferences; and the presentation design are provided. (KR)
Descriptors: College Science, Conservation (Environment), Decision Making, Design
Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, KY. – 1998
Project Future was a 3-year project begun in 1994 as a partnership between the Jefferson County Public Schools and Futura Plastics and Engineering, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky. The project targeted the workplace basic skills of plastic injection molding production workers. The skills classes improved the general education of the workers with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Brinkworth, B. J.; Eckersall, K. E. – 1985
A project was conducted to design and pilot a scheme for monitoring trade/industry/commerce technological changes and reporting them to Technical and Further Education (TAFE) teachers and authorities. A matrix of information categories was used to facilitate the collection and storage of information relative to technological advancements in the…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Bulletins, Data Collection, Foreign Countries
Ballinger, Jack T.; Wolf, Lawrence J. – 1976
This study guide is part of a program of studies entitled the Science and Engineering Technician (SET) Curriculum developed to provide a framework for training technicians in the use of electronic instruments and their applications. This interdisciplinary course of study integrates elements from the disciplines of chemistry, physics, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, College Science, Engineering Education
Ritz, John M.; And Others – 1980
This instructional resource guide is intended to assist the industrial arts (IA) teacher in implementing a comprehensive materials and Processes Technology program at the technical level in Virginia high schools. The course is designed to help students make informed educational and occupational choices and prepare them for advanced technical or…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Careers, Ceramics, Course Descriptions
Ayers, Jerry B., Ed.; Olberding, April H., Ed. – 1997
In June 1997, Tennessee Technological University's Center for Manufacturing Research conducted a one-week program on plastics recycling for science teachers. The purpose of the program was to increase the teachers' basic knowledge about the importance of recycling plastics and to better prepare the teachers for teaching recycling in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
PDF pending restorationZinser, Richard W. – 1997
This guide was developed to provide assistance in developing and implementing school-to-work programs for the plastics industry throughout the state of Michigan. It is a resource for plastics companies, school districts, community colleges, business development organizations, local governments, work force development boards, or any group…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Integrated Curriculum
Kantola, Jouko; Nikkanen, Pentti; Kari, Jouko; Kananoja, Tapani – 1999
More than 100 years have passed since the death of Uno Cygnaeus (1810-1888), the father of Finnish folk schools and pioneer of educational arts and crafts. His accomplishments include design and organization of the folk school system, initiation of high class teacher training, and emphasis on the importance of women's education. Although his…
Descriptors: Craft Workers, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Development
Bergandine, David R.; Holm, D. Andrew – 1991
The materials in this curriculum supplement, developed for middle school or high school science classes, present solid waste problems related to plastics. The set of curriculum materials is divided into two units to be used together or independently. Unit I begins by comparing patterns in solid waste from 1960 to 1990 and introducing methods for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides, Environmental Education
National Science Teachers Association, Washington, DC. – 1980
This teacher's guide contains a unit of study for teaching about energy in grades four, five, and six. The guide is self-contained and includes the fact sheets students need to work out the activity problems. The unit is organized around the theme of the domed athletic stadium. The students begin by surveying the energy it takes to travel from…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education, Energy
1974
The first section of the manual on secondary level industrial arts goal and competencies concerns the ALIVE (Allied Learning Vocational Exploration) Program, a student-managed, individualized learning program involving art, home economics, and industrial arts in a team instruction approach. It provides goals, competencies, and performance…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communications, Drafting, Educational Objectives
Clearing, 1990
Presented are 37 environmental science activities for students in grades K-12. Topics include water pollution, glaciers, protective coloration, shapes in nature, environmental impacts, recycling, creative writing, litter, shapes found in nature, color, rain cycle, waste management, plastics, energy, pH, landfills, runoff, watersheds,…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Creative Writing, Ecology, Elementary School Science
Fowler, Clifford F.; Peters, Joanne – 1983
Begun in 1978 to bring manual arts experience to children in Queensland's "disadvantaged country areas," the Mobile Manual Arts Unit by the end of the 1980 school year had visited 16 separate locations, involving 25 different schools. A total of 727 students had participated (out of a target population of 992 pupils) and a total of 259…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Claus, Robert; And Others – 1981
This course guide for an industrial crafts course is one of four developed for the production area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--energy/power and graphic communications.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Ceramics, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
