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Whitney, Helen, Comp. – 1975
Fourth in the series "101 Environmental Education Activities" by the Upper Mississippi River ECO-Center, the booklet contains 39 environment-based science activities directed to students in primary, intermediate, and junior high classes. Organization of the activities usually includes grade level, objectives, procedures, and materials,…
Descriptors: Climate, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Guides
Smith, Charles A. – 1979
Sixth grade students' attitudes toward school were studied to determine if outdoor education investigations conducted on the school site and in the community would effect a positive change, similar to the change noted with students involved in residential outdoor programs. An experimental group of 28 students participated in outdoor activities…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Change, Community Study, Comparative Analysis
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SWEENEY, DAVID L. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE WAYS IN WHICH THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, WILL USE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I FUNDS. THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE "UNITIZED" SCHOOLS WITH RESTRUCTURED GRADE ORGANIZATIONS AND TEAM TEACHING INSTRUCTION, THE USE OF ART AND MUSIC SPECIALISTS IN…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Community Coordination, Coordinators, Disadvantaged Youth
GREENBERG, GILDA M.; GREENBERG, NORMAN C. – 1964
A CONCISE, INTERDISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION IS PRESENTED, INCLUDING AN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, A PRESENTATION OF THEIR CULTURAL PRACTICES AND VALUE SYSTEMS, A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN SPEECH SOUNDS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATION OF INDIANS, AN EXAMPLE OF INDIAN EDUCATION AMONG THE NAVAJOS, AND A SELECTED LIST…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Bibliographies, Bilingual Students
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1978
Based on the practical training experience of sixteen school districts and two universities which comprise the Wisconsin Career Education Consortium, this report presents training strategies for a variety of community-school collaboration efforts. Eleven training strategies are presented: (1) providing an in-school visitation day for business…
Descriptors: Activities, Audiovisual Instruction, Career Education, Check Lists
Holstein, Herbert B.; And Others
The occupational resource unit, one of a series encompassing grade levels 1-10, was prepared by the Lincoln County (West Virginia) Exemplary Project staff to provide career exploration learning activities for the seventh and eighth grades. The career orientation materials are designed to give students a broad knowledge of the characteristics and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Career Education, Career Exploration
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. – 1973
The career exploration program for grades 9 through 10, as part of a comprehensive K through 10 career development program, attempts to develop an awareness of and appreciation for work, extend knowledge of the variety of career opportunities, and provide experiences in career areas of individual interest. The document, a collection of materials…
Descriptors: Advertising, Artists, Career Development, Career Education
Hervey, John G. – 1973
In a simplified edition of a textbook designed especially for the use of the foreign-born who are preparing themselves for their naturalization examinations as applicants for United States citizenship, twenty-one lessons tell about the government of the United States and about the kind of Constitution upon which it is founded. In order to help…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Citizenship, Civics, Constitutional History
Moody, Janet L. – 1971
The program provided learning experiences for 112 children aged 3 to 10 (approximately 62 percent of whom were East Indian), some of whom had specific learning difficulties. The experiences were intended to improve language abilities, motor-perceptual skills, socialization, enhance self-concepts, and evoke more positive feelings toward school.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Case Studies, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
Dallman, Mary Ellen; Power, Sharon – Teaching PreK-8, 1996
Describes "Forever Friends," an intergenerational program linking second graders with elderly residents of an independent living facility. Describes monthly sessions involving group and partnership activities; how elders participate in classroom activities, musical programs, creative writing projects, and school field trips; and how…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Brainstorming, Class Activities, Community Programs
Wigg, Anne – 1995
A practicum project designed a preschool science curriculum and requisite environment to improve students' enjoyment and interest in science. Based on teacher- and parent-questionnaire results, it was determined that student science attitudes were not positive; that students seldom had opportunities to explore, discover, and solve problems; and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
Lehman, Sheila – 1983
During 1981-82, the Native American Education Program, based in a lower working class neighborhood in Manhattan, served 360 Native American children (K-12) scattered throughout New York City. Goals of visiting and interviewing 50% of the target population of 500 Native American students in the city were substantially realized. Materials and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Community Services
Fox, Carla; And Others – 1978
The objective of Project Ranger is to improve school behavior and academic performance of selected, primarily "disruptive," students who are failing in the traditional school program. The Ranger curriculum uses the outdoor environment as the medium for improving student self-concept and relations with peers and adults and for providing…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
HOPMAN, ANNE B. – 1966
INCLUDED ARE SELECTED ARTICLES FROM "SCIENCE AND CHILDREN" COVERING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1963 THROUGH MAY 1966. THE SELECTION CRITERIA WERE THAT THE ARTICLES (1) PRESENT MATERIAL WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH ACCEPTED PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICES AND WITH THE LATEST TRENDS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, AND (2) PROVIDE USABLE MATERIAL FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS,…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Concept Formation
Juettner, Bob; Kleinfeld, Judith – 1978
The evaluation of the Iditarod Area School District small high schools program provided useful information for future program development. The 1978 program for 87 students in 9 scattered schools included: student travel within Alaska and in the lower 48 states; student travel within the district for mini-courses and a student congress; and the…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Alaska Natives, Board of Education Role, Career Education
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