After noting that accurate calculation is not the only reason for teaching arithmetic, innovative activities providing practice with basic facts, pattern spotting,'' and exploration are presented. (MS)

Science learning does not depend on textbook reading. First hand experiences should be provided to children. Supplementary readings and activities must accompany such experiences. (PS)

Describes the British primary school approach to mathematics learning. (MM)

The rules, equipment, and procedures for a game to teach clock reading are described. (DT)

Directions are given for activities that introduce students to determining the total surface area of rectangular prisms. A worksheet with 18 problems, plus a puzzle problem, is included. (DT)

Worksheets on constructing the circumcenter, the centroid, the orthocenter, the incenter, and the Nine-Point Circle in a triangle are provided for duplication. (DT)

A workshop concerned with Dienes' six stages in the process of abstraction and generalization is described. One of the logic games used with children in one of the demonstration lessons is explained in detail. (DT)

A sixth grade class explores the way of life in colonial America during a week at a field campus''; quotes from students' journals are included. (SP)

Two teaching aids, on space flight and on natural selection and evolution of beaks in birds, are described. A simulated space instrument plaen was made and a space launch and other functions carried out. A simple experiment with match sticks was used to teach natural selection. (PS)

The author criticizes an experiment of Moody, Abell and Bausell (EJ 038 323) on the grounds of inappropriate instruction and invalid tests. (MM)