Although written with the classroom teacher in mind, this learning module on firearms safety can be adapted by leaders of camps, 4-H clubs, outdoor educators, scouting organizations or any workers with junior and senior high school youth. The self-contained unit includes information on the subject, lesson plans, activities, class exercises, tests,…

Students set up a pizza parlor and choose a name for the parlor, menus and drinks, the number of customers they will serve, and numbers of table settings and ingredients they will need. Students choose work roles in the parlor, and student customers pay the parlor with paper money they designed. Includes full activity instructions, pizza recipe,…

This teacher guide contains 12 detailed local history investigations, complete with procedures, required materials, and evaluation exercises, based on performance objectives that support the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools' social studies and mathematics instructional objectives for grades K-6. The exercises draw students into their…

This module is the fourth in an inservice education series for extension professionals that consists of seven independent training modules. It focuses on how to determine the need for the extension educator's involvement in issues and how to understand the economic, social, political, and environmental contexts in planning, designing, and…

A series of modules designed for teaching energy concepts in a manner related to the classroom, school, and environmental settings is presented. The unit is seen as able to provide both teachers and students with a concept which has far-reaching implications. (MP)

This teacher guide for the astronomy unit of an outdoor education program consists of a series of performance objectives, intended to provide interesting, hands-on activities, involving interdisciplinary skills, that augment commitments of the mathematics, sciences, and social studies program of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools.…

Intended to provide an alternative approach to learning situations or enhance existing programs, this docoument outlines an instructional unit about model rocketry. A philosophy statement is included which stresses the need for teaching about science-related social issues. Goals of the unit are stated for fine arts, mathematics, physical…

Designed to help teachers implement marine education in their classrooms, this module provides information regarding a vanishing Hawaiian resource, fishponds. Due to the impact of present day human activities on shoreline areas, the size and number of fishponds have been greatly reduced; therefore, this module focuses on fishponds as a resource…

Adapted from military service training materials, this publication contains course materials for teaching roofing, both in the classroom and through practical experience. Students completing this short course will be able to use common tools for laying out, building and maintaining wood and composition shingles, roll roof coverings, and built-up…

Adapted from military service training materials, this publication contains course materials for teaching finish carpentry, both in the classroom and through practical experience. Students completing this short course will be able to finish carpentry projects involving wallboard, plywood panel, composition floor tile, and acoustical ceiling tile.…

Prepared for an outdoor education program that features day trips to a rural camp in Ohio, this guide stresses environmental education and interpersonal skills. Written for grade five, the guide contains a student handbook for camp activities followed by a brief section for teachers. The introductory section of the student handbook states the…

Environmental education and interpersonal skills are stressed in this guide for an outdoor education program that features day trips to a rural camp in Ohio. Written for grade six, the guide contains a student handbook for camp activities followed by a brief section for teachers. The student handbook begins with the program goals, a map of the…

To improve shiphandlers' training in three surface warfare officers school courses, a study was designed to develop an integrated, career-structured program. Constructing the integrated system involved three tasks: (1) formulate a career-structured shiphandling training unit to enable preparation of curriculum, lesson guides, and measurement…

This module is the second of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. This module is in the form of a 6-hour workshop, the purposes of which are to provide an experiential approach to ABLE program planning, to empower participants as curriculum developers, and to raise awareness of…

This document contains a conceptual model of the curriculum-teaching-learning process as an open and organic system and nine instructional modules on the family which are based on an inductive approach. Intended originally for use in a social science course on the college level, it was designed to introduce students to the significant components…