Much can be gained by providing preschool children opportunities to work on projects. Projects invite children's participation at various developmental levels; strengthen their capacity and disposition for involvement in work requiring sustained effort; and are ideal for mixed age, ability, or linguistic groups. Teachers have a central role to…

Organizations such as the Ohio Academy of Science sponsor programs to encourage junior and senior high school students to conduct science projects. These programs are designed to give students who might pursue careers in technical areas a realistic foretaste of some of their future professional responsibilities, including the effective…

Art teacher attempted to give color and sparkle to the twenty-five foot long wall in his high school's media center without resorting to the "anonymous mural" class project approach to wall painting. (Author/RK)

Article investigated whether an art program for children could be a creative endeavor with real-life focus as well as a valid educational experience. (Author/RK)

In response to recent trends in higher education, this article invites the research specialist to do undergraduate teaching and suggests four ways to make the experience interesting for him as well as rewarding and "relevant" for the student. (JH)

Descriptive notes on topics such as computer programs for job counseling; and a car pool system designed by high school students. (JF)

The results of a NSF-supported student project to determine certain environmental problems in Indiana are reported. The project sought to relate the quality of the local environment to human life and concentrated on problems of air pollution, water pollution, solid waste disposal, and environmental attitudes. (LS)

Discusses the following aspects of university project work: academic and social aims, recent trends, and availability of projects. Advises teachers how to determine the time allotment and assessment procedures for project work. (MLH)

Describes "Project School Flight" which is an idea originated by the Experimental Aircraft Association to provide the opportunity for young people to construct a light aircraft in the schools as part of a normal class. Address included of Experimental Aircraft Association for interested persons. (BR)

Presents a report on club work at the Lingreen Oberschule (high school) in Greifswald. Activities include contact with Soviet schools and clubs. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Views the teaching of materials as content oriented, while teaching design is process oriented. Advocates the integration of design teaching with materials teaching through design problems in which the materials component plays a large part. (GS)

The business club at Queensborough Community College started a bi-monthly publication of buy-sell advertisement to be distributed on campus. (BP)

Condensed from "The Instructor, Volume 78 (Dember 1968), 14-15.