Five activity lessons are proposed to present applications of probability and to exhibit its use in conjunction with statistics as a major decision-making and problem-solving tool. (MP)

Given are activities involving the use of triangles and triangle paper, in the form of problems that require searching for different possibilities to fit a given condition. (MP)

Teacher-developed materials are described, with six activity cards and a discussion of the objectives of the full set of materials. (MP)

Activities for the development of the association of number value and symbols using wooden numerals and pages are described. (MN)

A classroom exercise which encourages experimentation including formulation and testing of conjectures about number relationships involving factors and multiples is illustrated. (MN)

Describes Project READY (Realistic Education for Available Directions of Youth) in addressing the question of how an elementary teacher can endorse career education activities which appear to be on an adult level; focus is on the use of teacher developed instructional units and resolving the fears of the teachers relating to career education in…

This section concerns pattern recognition activities related to the properties of cubes and is suitable for reproduction in worksheet and transparency form for classroom use. (JP)

Sixth-graders in Cobb County's career awareness program are finding that school actually does have something to do with the real world. (Editor)

Now thousands of middle grade students in North Carolina are exploring the world of work in a state funded program that will help them appraise their career potential at an early age. (Editor)

Discusses the aims of activity centers, the planning of interesting and motivating learning tasks, and grouping procedures for elementary school students learning French as a second language. Proposes a French program geared to small groups of students in order to meet individual needs and improve children's ability to communicate. (MES)

A brief outline of instruction for one unit of informal geometry is covered. The problem solving unit described involves work with picture frames and includes many mathematical concepts. (MP)

Explores summer seasonal weather activities for inside and outside the classroom. Offers instructions for hot days, cloudy and wet days, and rainy days, and include lists of supplies, age appropriateness, and instructions. Activities address the following learning areas: (1) intellectual; (2) physical/health/movement; (3) social; and (4) art and…

Student research projects are open-ended questions or sets of questions intended to give undergraduate students experience doing introductory mathematical research. Proposed is an investigation of a Faro shuffle that is performed by cutting the deck exactly in half and then perfectly interleaving the cards of the two halves. (Author/JJK)

An integrated elementary teaching package offers interesting facts about presidents and the White House. Cross-curricular activities focus on architecture, presidential birthplaces, portraits, communications, science, technology, touring the White House, children in the White House, a day in the life of the White House, and a White House birthday…

Recommends the use of cemeteries as the focus of student research in secondary social studies. Presents methods for initiating such a project and guidance for appropriate student behavior. Includes a list of suggested activities for cemetery studies. (CFR)