The document was prepared to serve as a guide to adult educators and others interested in specific information relating to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and to provide a source of information of the breadth and scope of space explorations including space benefits to mankind. The course is organized into eight units of…

The elective program for tenth grade academic English outlined in this document has been designed to improve students' attitudes toward and responses to the study of the language arts. The program consists of six minicourses, each of which covers a six-week period. The first course, required of all students, involves the study of communication…

The goal of this guide is to provide a secondary language arts curriculum which encompasses student centered, relevant learning experiences with equal attention given to reading, writing, thinking, and oral communication. The guide contains curriculum check lists for grades 7-12, reading skills check lists for reading levels 4-12, a reading…

The curriculum and planning guide has two objectives: to give the instructor, planner, and counselor a guide which furnishes current information on the trade, facility planning, equipment, and resource information for all levels of occupational instruction in the field of auto mechanics maintenance and repair; and to enable the student to be…

The language arts program presented in this guide is a two-year curriculum for the junior high school which may be used in either a teacher-centered or a student-centered approach. The emphasis is on a balance between grammar and writing study and literary study. Contents consist of an outline for a grammar and writing curriculum, an outline for a…

As part of a continuing program designed to provide Nevada's school population with information that will facilitate greater awareness and understanding of past and present Native Nevadan lifestyles and contributions, this curriculum guide might constitute a social studies unit for upper elementary and/or junior high schools. This guide deals with…

This curriculum guide provides instructional objectives and activities for teaching science in grades 7-9. It is intended to serve as a resource to teachers, students, department chairmen, curriculum planners, and anyone else involved in curriculum planning. At least one major objective is stated for each section. Numbered objectives are specific…

This combined handbook and teacher's guide for kindergarten outlines a program intended to interest students in learning while they develop a positive self-concept. Following a brief statement on the program's philosophical aims and an introduction to the program, eight subject areas are described: art, health, language arts, mathematics, music,…

This curriculum packet was written for the Career Alternatives Model Project of the Highline Public Schools in Seattle. However, the model can be adapted for use by language teachers who want to present an up-to-date picture of the career-related uses of foreign languages to their students. The packet contains the following: (1) a chart showing…

The module is designed to give students a comprehensive picture of housing and how to get dollar value when in the housing marketplace. Further, the module acquaints students with the work that Federal, State, and local government is doing in the housing field and how they and their families can benefit from government help. As a result of using…

The guide, intended for use by training officers and field instructors in highway maintenance management, contains five courses with a combined total of 17 units of instruction for maintenance engineers and supervisors. The curriculum incorporates management concepts and practices of State, county, and city maintenance agencies which have…

This publication has been designed to augment existing community programs and to initiate sound educational programs which will include the sexuality dimension in the total curriculum, kindergarten through grade 12. It is hoped that it will lend some clarity so such questions as should the schools teach sex education; and if so, what, by whom, how…

This publication is designed to illustrate how information about the effects of smoking can be incorporated into virtually all grade levels and curriculum areas. The book is organized into four parts. The first is a brief listing of basic facts related to cigarette smoking and its effect on health. Part Two covers units for grades kindergarten…

Designed to aid those wishing to integrate conservation education into all high school subjects, suggestions in this curriculum guide may be used as a part of a unit or as an entire unit in each school course. An outline of the philosophy, history, development, and resources of conservation are first presented to serve as a guide for discussions.…

This book is a report of the K-13 Arithmetic-Algebra Study Committee. Part I describes the Committee's ideas on objectives and curriculum development of a K-13 curriculum in probability and statistics. The structure, sequence, and sample content of such a curriculum are outlined. The primary focus of this report is content rather than teaching…