Describes a watershed/river monitoring project. Teachers use the environment as the integrating context for interdisciplinary and cross-curricular studies. Core studies include science, reading, math, and social studies. (CCM)

Describes a mathematical investigation for fifth-grade students that incorporates a social studies unit on the United States. Provides a method of using mathematics by applying it to other content areas. (ASK)

Describes an activity that demonstrates catalysis of chemical reactions by ultraviolet (UV) light using one of the earliest photographic processes, the cyanotype process. (CCM)

Reviews research on four dimensions of temperament: positive emotionality/approach, fear, irritability/frustration, and attentional persistence. Applies knowledge of temperament to teachers' approaches to children's mastery motivation, fear of novelty, and ego-based anxiety. Argues that educators' training should include understanding of…

Describes how the creation of a musical composition suggested a theorem concerning the Fibonacci sequence. (ASK)

Argues that today's media requires workers with knowledge of digital communication technologies as well as of journalistic principles and practices. Discusses curriculum revisions taking place to prepare graduates for these changes; describes a project at Kent State in which still photographers learned to shoot video; and looks at how web, TV, and…

Describes a teacher education program using the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards as a framework to organize staff development classes and integrate technology into teaching methods and content areas. A sidebar lists NCATE standards and desired skill levels. (JKP)

Describes PRONET (PROcedural NETworks), an integrated exploratory sequential data analysis technique that uses Pathfinder network scaling to highlight frequently occurring transitions among user, system, and environmental events. Illustrates the success and limitations of the method through two case studies. Thirteen figures highlight protocols of…

Contends that the context of children's literature affords opportunities for solving varied and authentic mathematics problems. Suggests that the problem-solving process in mathematics is often linked with that involved in comprehending children's literature. Consequently the teacher is provided meaningful information about students' thinking that…

Looks at first graders enthusiastically writing their autobiographies. Describes an environmental and instructional model called the Center Activity Rotation System. Discusses its three phases and how children rotate through seven centers in the classroom, which allows for a variety of grouping patterns that invite children to work on skills as…

Preparing students to be scientifically literate citizens and ready for future course work demands that teachers take time and effort to teach writing strategies embedded in middle school science. Illustrates successful ways of integrating writing into science classrooms. (Contains 11 references.) (ASK)

Describes problems faced in an interdisciplinary course taught by the authors on major 19th and 20th century figures and ideas in the humanities (literature, music, art, and philosophy). Tells how they refashioned it to focus on depth rather than breadth. Offers some hard-won insights and advice for those embarking on interdisciplinary teaching.…

Describes an activity in which students learn to play three mathematically disparate rhythms on conga drums as an introduction to exploring ratios. (Contains 16 references.) (ASK)

A New York magnet school project had parents and their children create their own square for a quilt that was displayed at the school. The event gave families, many of whom had limited English proficiency and did not participate in school activities, an understanding of the school's expectations for their children. Related student activities…

Presents an activity in which students develop a handy strategy for exploring probability as applied in the life sciences by learning to use the Punnett square, an effective tool that helps students visualize sample spaces and determine the likelihood of events. (ASK)