This resource guide is a teacher's handbook to locating persons in the community who are willing, upon request, to talk with students in grades one through twelve on subjects being taught in the schools. The guide also informs the teacher as to what tours or field trips are available and lists alphabetically 279 different topics for which…

Reports results of a survey conducted on secondary school aviation courses and includes information on the aeronautical background of teacher and administrators, types of courses, field trips, student orientation flights and the major problems confronting schools operating an aviation education program. (BR)

This teacher's guide contains activity modules designed to help explain present energy use patterns and basic concepts in energy use. Also covered in the manual are suggestions for energy-related field trips and strategies for successfully conducting such trips. The activities are presented according to grade level, including primary,…

A LEADING FEATURE IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM IS THE PROVISION FOR FIELD TRIPS TO BROADEN THE STUDENTS' CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND TO STIMULATE THEM EDUCATIONALLY AND CULTURALLY. THREE SPECIALLY ASSIGNED TEACHERS SELECT AND PREPARE FOR THE TRIPS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE REGULAR TEACHERS. PARENTS ARE INCLUDED ON FIELD TRIPS…

Presented are descriptions of activities for both the classroom and the field. Activities frequently integrate environmental education with other subject areas. Each activity description includes specification of grade level, disciplines being taught, concepts, objectives, directions, and equipment requirements when appropriate. Classroom…

These environmental study units consist of four modules and a tape-slide presentation on the Everglades National Park. Although not required for completion of the modules, the slide-tape presentation provides a resource for orientation of teachers and parents to camping experience for school children in an environmental education program. The four…

The final report describes the second operational year of Project G.I.V.E. (Guidance in Vocations and Education), an exemplary career education project based on individualized instruction for students in grades K-12 in a Maine school district. The 14-page body of the report presents problem areas, goals, procedures, results, and evaluation of the…

This nutrition education guide for Head Start teachers is part of a series of Head Start booklets concerning the value of good nutrition for preschool children and their families. Topics discussed in this booklet are: (1) the rationale for preschool nutrition education, (2) suggestions for planning Head Start lunch periods, and (3) ways in which…

This resource monograph is one of a series designed as a teaching guide for field studies. Each guide centers around the exploration, observation, and interpretation of a field site in one of the four geological areas of Florida. Incorporated into the guides are many of the subject-matter schemes of the Earth Science Curriculum Program (ESCP) and…

This evaluation kit and guidelines are designed to help the teacher plan the classes' experience in the CISPUS Environmental Learning Center. The kit includes a General Plan, Individual Teacher's Objectives, Kids' Expectations, Kids' Evaluation, and Parent's Evaluation (to be completed at a later date.) Included also in this kit for evaluating the…

Several instructional strategies have been developed and employed to affect student awareness of natural and social environmental settings. Three instructional strategy orientations have been structured for affecting student conceptual learning and values acquisition-clarification: affective, cognitive, and affective-cognitive. Outdoor education…

The Milwaukee Public Schools, upon the completion of the second year of their environmental education project, report the evaluation of the eight component parts that make up the project. The components are: Teacher Leadership Workshop; Inservice Workshops; Curriculum Development Workshop; Open-End Grant Program; Field Trips Pilot Project; Student…

Designed for teachers who are unaware of desirable places to visit, of whom to contact, or of services and materials available to students, this pamphlet contains specific information on how to collect and construct a file of pertinent, available community resources. It will help the classroom teacher assemble and organize information about a…