This article describes the development of a unit for a team-taught middle school program integrating mathematics skills with map and globe skills such as distance, direction, scale, longitude, latitude, location, and climate. Some of the learning activities of the unit are outlined. (Author/SJL)

Reviews the positive effects of participating in a faculty seminar on writing across the curriculum. Notes that writing must extend into subject area courses but that the curriculum must also be brought into writing courses. (JT)

Describes a number of thematic units that integrate work in various disciplines, including language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. Among the topics of the suggested units are time, survival of the fittest, nature, Mexico, the history of the West, animals, and bridges. (DF)

Provides a brief analysis of the rationale, organization, and procedures that Baruch College uses in its interdisciplinary program in Business and Public Communication. (RL)

Describes the use of integrated modular teaching of the human biology component of the Health Associate Program at Johns Hopkins University, where the goal is to develop an understanding of the sciences as applied to primary care. Discussion covers the module sequence, the human biology faculty, goals of the human biology faculty, laboratory…

Three steps are given for incorporating Future Farmers of America (FFA) activities into the vocational agriculture curriculum: Convincing local school administrators that the FFA is really an intracurricular activity; teaching classroom and laboratory units on the FFA; and relating FFA contests and awards back to classroom instruction. (MF)

Describes an approach to social studies which integrates American history and geography, and combines topic interest and children's literature. Notes that the approach begins with students creating a large outline map of the United States, which plays a central role in their activities throughout the school year. Discusses possible activities and…

Distinguishes between the narrow integration of disciplines, or focusing on solving specific problems, and wide integration, or sharing broad epistemological/metaphysical suppositions across disciplines. Advocates wide interdisciplinarity, arguing that the sciences tend to eliminate values or guiding suppositions when narrowly integrated with…

Examines schools' current methods of technology planning and suggests that rather than making shopping lists of equipment, they should focus on long-range developing plans for using technology. Highlights include moving away from computer labs and embedding technology into the curriculum, and focusing on information and communication rather than…

Describes middle school students' efforts to investigate and fairly compensate the three bears, who incurred some losses at the hands of Goldilocks. Problems include investigating replacement costs of the damaged items, the cost to house Goldilocks in a state school, and the value of appropriate types of community service before determining…

Examines the self-directed activity of two students who learned about molecular structure by writing computer programs. The programs displayed the solution of a mathematics problem, then the programs were extended to represent several classes of organic molecules. Different ways to enhance mathematical connections to chemistry education are…

Describes a graphing activity that promotes mathematical connections with social studies lessons. Students should be familiar with graphing on the Cartesian coordinate system to play this variation of the game Battleship on maps of various regions of the world. (AIM)

Describes the Semester at Sea Program of the Institute for Shipboard Education in which over 20,000 college students have participated over the past 30 years. The ship's geologist/geographer presented geological briefings in a daily interdisciplinary core course during 60 days at sea. He also guided field trips during 43 days ashore. Visits to…

Describes the disconnect between the standards and assessment movement in K-12 education and preparation for college success. Discusses the challenges facing public and higher education in more clearly articulating and merging their educational goals. Describes school reform efforts that may hold promise for linking the two systems. (EV)

Discusses the lack of coordination in efforts to improve elementary secondary education and higher education, then describes the Association of American Colleges and Universities' report "Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College" as the right point of departure for aligning and strengthening K-16…