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Peer reviewedLeyden, Michael B. – Science Activities, 1976
Suggested are activities that might stimulate cognitive thought in students and which can be performed both in school and at home. (EB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Peer reviewedGoodman, Harvey – Science Teacher, 1975
Gives guidelines for initiating science projects and encourages students to enter them in science fairs to instill confidence in their accomplishments. (LS)
Descriptors: Exhibits, Instruction, Science Activities, Science Education
Peer reviewedPurkerson, Ray; Whitfield, Eddie – Science and Children, 1977
Science is an often ignored subject in the elementary grades. This article lists and briefly discusses ten suggestions for strengthening and enriching an elementary science curriculum. Among the ways given are science fairs, museums, outdoor learning centers, filmstrips clinics, and school weather stations. (MA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instruction
Peer reviewedHoehn, Robert G. – Science Activities, 1978
Describes procedures that can help students to make model geodes from eggshells, copper sulfate, and other crystalforming substances. (HM)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Geology, Instruction
Peer reviewedStedman, Carlton H. – Science and Children, 1975
Offers guidelines for setting up a science fair, establishes criteria for project evaluation and discusses judging and awards. (BR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Evaluation Criteria, Instruction, Objectives
Peer reviewedMunn, R. W.; Pratt, A. C. – Education in Chemistry, 1975
Feeling that projects in chemistry could be used effectively to enhance appreciation of chemistry, a project-based course for the first-year sixth formers was developed in 1973 and because of its success another was organized. Projects from both courses are described. (EB)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Instruction, Laboratory Experiments
Peer reviewedDemske, Debra N. – Science Activities, 1978
Presents a mini-environment project as a valuable teaching tool for presenting ecology. The procedures for setting up a mini-desert in the classroom are presented as a model. Basic components of the mini-environment project are also included. (HM)
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Peterson, Rita W.; Stenhouse, Lawrence – Proceedings of the National Academy of Education, 1981
Two lengthy reviews are presented of a series of seven studies, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), on the subject of science education from 1950 to 1975. In "Science Education in the United States during the Third Quarter of the Twentieth Century", Rita Peterson provides an historical view of major events that occurred…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Research
Peer reviewedTisher, Richard P.; Power, Colin N. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1976
Reports results of several studies of the learning environment of secondary science classes using Australian Science Education Project (ASEP) materials. Indicates many desired changes, such as higher levels of pupil activity. (MLH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum, Educational Research, Instruction
