Seychelles Integrated Science (SIS), a 3-year laboratory-based science program for students (ages 11-15) in upper primary grades 7, 8, and 9, was developed from an extensive evaluation and modification of previous P7-P9 materials. This P9 SIS unit deals with: (1) the importance of energy in students' everyday lives; (2) energy forms and…

Seychelles Integrated Science (SIS), a 3-year laboratory-based science program for students (ages 11-15) in upper primary grades 7, 8, and 9, was developed from an extensive evaluation and modification of previous P7-P9 materials. This P9 SIS unit deals with conserving health, focusing on such body processes as breathing, digestion, excretion,…

This module is intended to enable secondary school physical education teachers to recognize: (1) that inaccurate assumptions about biological differences have been used to justify different opportunities for boys and girls in physical education; (2) some common misconceptions about girls and women; (3) that tendencies to generalize about physical…

This module, intended for secondary school physical education teachers, identifies the four major components of a curriculum and the factors which must be considered in curriculum development. Examples of the factors which must be considered in curriculum development are given, and guidelines are offered for eliminating sex-role stereotyping and…

This packet is the second of five developed as a set of self-appraisal instruments with which teachers (and others) can systematically examine their instruction methods in communication skills. The packet contains forms for teachers, students, administrators, and parents addressing two levels of specificity: responses to the overall communication…

Intended for use as a part of the adult basic education teaching/learning management system called CUBE (Continuity and Unity in Basic Education), these instructional materials consist of a math placement inventory, guide sheets, mastery tests, and eight sections of learning activities covering areas of basic mathematics. Topics addressed in the…

This workbook for Adult Basic Education and Adult Literacy Program students uses financial planning and employee benefits as the content area for teaching reading skills. It is written so that students can work with the material with little help from the instructor. Part 1, the instructional phase, focuses on improvement of reading skills. Its…

Secondary level students learn about medical care in this learning activity package, which is one in a series. The developers believe that consumer education in the health field would ensure better patient care and help eliminate incompetent medical practices and practitioners. The learning package includes instructions for the teacher,…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on government housing programs is the second in a set of three modules on housing in economically depressed areas. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019 901-967.)…

This module is recommended as an honors unit to follow a unit on logic. There are four basic parts: (1) What is a Boolean Algebra; (2) Using Boolean Algebra to Prove Theorems; (3) Using Boolean Algebra to Simplify Logical Statements; and (4) Circuit Problems with Logic and Boolean Algebra. Of these, sections 1, 2, and 3 are primarily written…

These materials were designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. This report describes concepts presented in another module called "The First Law of…

These materials were designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. This module and a comparison module are concerned with elementary concepts of thermodynamics as…

These materials were designed to be used by life science students for instruction in the application of physical theory to ecosystem operation. Most modules contain computer programs which are built around a particular application of a physical process. This module describes the application of irreversible thermodynamics to biology. It begins with…

One of twelve individualized courses included in an automotive repair curriculum, this course presents avoidance of dangerous situations and accidents, and emergency equipment and procedures. The course is comprised of one unit, Shop Safety. The unit begins with a Unit Learning Experience Guide that gives directions for unit completion. The…

One of twelve individualized courses included in an automotive repair curriculum, this course covers the techniques of minor automotive servicing. The course is comprised of four units: (1) Oil Changing, (2) Chassis Lubrication, (3) Tires, and, (4) Minor Body Adjustments. Each unit begins with a Unit Learning Experience Guide that gives directions…