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Hein, George E.; And Others – 1971
This teacher's guide suggests a number of ways to use a spinning table to explore circular motion. Activities are described which are appropriate for children in kindergarten through third grade. Suggestions are made for exploratory activities using the equipment rather than supplying detailed instructions for formal activities. Equipment and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Physical Sciences, Science Activities
Watt, Daniel H.; And Others – 1970
Presented are building activities, for elementary school children, using a variety of different materials. Weak materials, such as clay, straws and pins, paper tubes and index cards, are used as examples; structures built with these materials are displayed in photographs and discussed. Problems are suggested from which additional activities can be…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Science Activities
Nimmer, Donald N.; Sagness, Richard L. – 1978
This series of experiments seeks to provide laboratory exercises which demonstrate concepts in Earth Science, particularly meteorology. Materials used in the experiments are easily obtainable. Examples of experiments include: (1) making a thermometer; (2) air/space relationship; (3) weight of air; (4) barometers; (5) particulates; (6) evaporation;…
Descriptors: Climate, Earth Science, Laboratory Procedures, Meteorology
Woodward, Elizabeth Scudder – 1966
Two Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) approaches to teaching high school biology were employed to study the relative effects which different curriculum approaches might have on certain intellectual aptitudes of students. Subjects included 144 students enrolled in the BSCS Yellow Version and 143 students enrolled in BSCS Blue Version.…
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Poorman, Lawrence Eugene – 1967
Investigated were the effects of a carefully sequenced program of integrated media on achievement and affective responses of students in a multi-media systems approach to Harvard Project Physics. Five Harvard Project teacher field consultants were selected to teach the multi-media package, and five others were selected as comparison teachers to…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Doctoral Dissertations, Instruction, Physics
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. Commission on Science Education. – 1970
This instrument contains activities by which one can determine a child's intellectual development in: (1) observing, (2) classifying, (3) measuring, (4) using numbers, (5) using space/time relationships, (6) inferring, and (7) communicating and predicting. The seven sections of the instrument correspond to those processes defined in Science - A…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Evaluation
Merrill, Richard J.; Ridgway, David W. – 1969
The history of the planning, funding, preparation of preliminary materials, teacher preparation, trial teaching, evaluation, revision and final publication of the CHEM Study materials is presented. The anecdotal account points out the difficulties encountered, the solutions found and the pitfalls avoided so that the experience gained may be useful…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Evaluation
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. Commission on Science Education. – 1970
This report, which is the outcome of a joint project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, considers ways in which science teaching in elementary schools could be improved. It is addressed to scientists, professors of education, college…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum
California Univ., Berkeley. Science Curriculum Improvement Study. – 1969
This Guide provides teacher resource information for working with the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) unit Position and Motion. This unit continues the teaching program on space-time relations with the introduction of the idea of the reference frame. Introductory material includes discussions of reference frames, measurement in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Physical Sciences, Resource Materials
Bricker, Clark; LaShier, William – 1968
Forty-seven elementary school teachers and principals participated in a six-week summer workshop to prepare them for teaching American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-Science A Process Approach. The workshop participants had a pre-test mean score of 66.7 on Form A of the AAAS Science Process Measure for Teachers. The post-test…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Course Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Evaluation Methods
Wallace, Charles W.; And Others – 1970
This is a report on a project to develop teacher-leaders to assist in the installation of Science - A Process Approach in schools of diverse characteristics in New York and Pennsylvania. The function of such a teacher-leader would be to use his competence and training to assist his peers in the institutionalizing of Science - A Process Approach.…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
Gardner, Paul L. – 1972
This is a report of a project designed to identify important non-technical words used in the teaching of science at Form 3 and 4 level in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (T.P.N.G.). After the words were identified, multiple choice items testing the comprehension of these words were written, tried out and revised. Fifteen final tests, each…
Descriptors: Educational Research, International Education, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Education
Shamos, Morris H.; And Others – 1973
This document is the final report to develop a new elementary science curriculum. It contains information related only to the development phase of the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES) and was written for an audience that includes all who are interested in curriculum development as it was experienced in this project. The…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science
Hansen, Gerald Herman – 1973
Although the primary purpose of this study was to determine possible relationships between types of science programs used and intellectual development of sixth-grade students, a second purpose was to investigate possible effects of the sequence presentation of two programs. A third purpose was to investigate possible relationships between IQ…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Intellectual Development
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Dept. of Science Education. – 1972
This booklet, one part of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) Individualized Teacher Preparation modular program materials, is designed to serve as a resource and a guide in helping teachers understand individualized instruction, particularly as it applies to the ISCS program, so that teachers can intelligently discuss this teaching…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High School Students, Science Course Improvement Projects