Using a ceramics unit, the author illustrates ways of incorporating the following reading skills into an art lesson: following directions; pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary development; interpreting illustrations; using reference books and materials; notetaking; and skimming. (SJL)

A number of classroom environmental experiences are presented: indoor and outdoor listening, observation, classification, vocabulary, and role playing. The experiences are outside the realm of science and are adaptable to various grade levels. (Author/SJL)

Presented are two visual aids, the Lesson Plan Tree and the Interdisciplinary Planning Wheel, which can serve as a framework and reference for student and teacher cooperative planning of an interdisciplinary studies unit. Both planning aids are illustrated with sample learning activities on pioneer life in Ohio. (SJL)

A teaching sequence for the division algorithm is detailed. (MP)

Teacher's guide and master work sheet are provided to be used to explore geometric properties within a problem-solving activitiy. (MK)

The lesson described combines mathematics, science, and literature, and is easily adaptable for use with classes in basic mathematics, geometry, analytic geometry, or calculus. (MP)

Classroom teaching techniques are offered which will help the office education teacher become a more efficient manager of clerical tasks in orderto free more time and energy for "real" teaching. Planning and organization of students' learning activities are the keys. (Author/AJ)

Described is a social studies lesson plan which investigates colonialism in Africa by focusing on individual attitudes toward the colonial experience. Maps, questions, teaching suggestions, and student materials are provided. (Author/DB)

Provides an account of a teacher's attempts to adopt a constructivist approach to lesson planning. Includes a detailed lesson plan for enabling students to accurately characterize living things. (DDR)

Presents a lesson plan for teaching abstract science concepts to gifted middle school students. The lesson integrates a physical education component into science instruction to reinforce the abstract notion that electrons emit energy in the form of visible light. (CR)

Describes a middle school lesson on the Holocaust. Tells how students concluded that it happened in baby steps, yet very fast, and thus that each person has to act when they first notice something is wrong. Relates how, shortly thereafter, two girls took a brave stand on the school bus in defense of a boy being picked on. (SR)

Discusses concepts underlying media literacy programs; how media literacy fits into the language arts curriculum; and the strands of a media literacy curriculum: viewing and representing. Provides models of the viewing (decoding) and representing (encoding) triangles. Includes a third-grade lesson plan developing skills in analyzing holiday season…

Discusses the Media Awareness Network, a Web site established by the National Film Board of Canada and designed to provide the latest media-related news; information about media education workshops and other media Web sites; subject specific teaching units; and updates on government policy related to violence, pornography, copyright, and hate…

Describes a four-volume reference set for elementary and middle school students called "The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students" edited by William Chester Jordan. Provides a sample lesson which includes library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for…

Provides a descriptive list of web sites that can provide teachers with a good starting place for Internet exploration. Includes: Big Sky Science Gopher menu; Dem Dry Bones; EE Link: Environmental Education on the Internet; Energy Quest; ERIC Science Gopher; Exploratorium Science Snackbook; and Newton's Apple. Twenty sites are described, with web…