Imagine a wooden cube painted and cut into "unit cubes." A typical activity consists of predicting the number of unit cubes with exactly three faces painted, two faces painted, etc. This article presents extensions of this activity designed to help students develop analyzing abilities and powers to generalize. (JP)

Students in a methods course on teaching elementary mathematics participated in a mathematics laboratory in a public school. Evaluation indicated that reactions and attitudes were favorable toward the experience. (JP)

The St. Paul, Minnesota program, Law for a Better Society, is described. Seven steps and ten hints, gleaned from experience in the program, are suggested to help teachers construct their own law-focused community action programs. (JH)

Discussed is a way of playing with numbers that leads to interesting results and provides well-disguised drill. (JP)

Argues that the classroom situation may be a detriment to learning. (DD)

Four worksheets are provided which give instructions for constructing a tangram by locating points on the Cartesian plane, which specify shapes to be made with the seven tangram pieces, and which ask students to create additional shapes. (DT)

Article details eight reading learning stations to be developed over a two-week period and geared to the intermediate grades. (Editor/GB)