As an alternative to traditional science projects, students in introductory organic and inorganic chemistry were given the opportunity to produce an "audiovisual" term paper. Rationale for the project, responses from student self-evaluation questionnaires, and comments on implementing the project (including cost and time factors) are…

Suggests assigning students to construct timelines using continuous-fold computer paper. Explains various means of arranging the timelines. Recommends several different uses, including reading, mathematics, or spelling. Concludes that using continuous-fold paper can help students develop a sense of history, both as individuals and as part of a…

Lists 50 riddlelike questions and answers based on the common names of rocks and minerals. (GS)

Describes the creation and use of a science magazine, "Science Stew," that circulates among 17,000 elementary students and 900 teachers in a school district in Nova Scotia. The magazine highlights the wide variety of science that occurs in the district and provides opportunities for students and teachers to experience, discuss, and write about…

Making books is a creative and enjoyable way to integrate science with other subjects, to extend learning, and to make science relevant to children's lives. Presents successful book-making techniques and procedures. (PR)

Teachers' ideas for quick classroom activities include creating a garden-in-winter bulletin board, writing a science story, playing a Valentine's game, graphing vowels, averaging students' sizes, creating lifesize figures of historical people, making picture books, creating an idiom bulletin board, and sending school valentines to local hospitals.…