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Peer reviewedBojorquez, Luis; Galvan, Silvia C. – School Science and Mathematics, 1982
A simple teaching model, designed to show rapidly which are the principal factors in population growth and how they are related, is presented. The apparatus described allows students to play several different active roles. (MP)
Descriptors: Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education, Models
Peer reviewedLoud, Gwyneth E. – Science and Children, 1986
Describes an activity which simulates a trip to the moon. Explains the preparations, procedures, and tests involved in this culminating activity of an astronomy unit for the third grade student. Examples of student's assignments during the exercise are included. (ML)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Astronomy, Elementary School Science, Grade 3
Rosenberg, Adam – Instructor, 1994
Describes an interdisciplinary survival project that piques middle school students' imaginations as it tests their problem solving and critical thinking skills in a survival setting. The futuristic time travel project integrates subject areas and fosters skills in communication, cooperation, and group decision making. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Creative Teaching, Critical Thinking
