This curriculum packet consists of 20 illustrated cards with 15 activities designed to create "positive feelings" about a clean environment. Activities range from picture coloring for younger students, to lessons such as the economic and health problems litter creates for older students. Objectives include encouraging anti-litter and…

This guide is a collection of essays by various authors on tennis, badminton, and squash. The document is divided into three sections, one for each sport. The topics covered include general teaching methods, methods to employ for teaching specific skills such as the lob or the backhand, the use of visual aids, conditioning drills, study questions,…

Summarized in chart form are data regarding published geologic maps for the 50 states and Puerto Rico. Information provided by state geologists includes scale, availability, and ordering instructions for both bedrock and surficial maps. (CS)

The Teacher's guide contains seven lesson plans integrating slides and transparencies with other class activities to provide knowledge and understanding of the newspaper. The lesson topics are: the four purposes of the newspaper, fact and opinion, the front page, basic structure of news story, the blind ad and the public ad, the novelty lead, and…

This guide is a collection of essays by various authors on archery and golf. There is a separate section for each sport. In the archery section, the topics covered include archery coaching, aiming, the spine of the arrow, do-it-yourself ideas for archery instruction, archery visual aids, and official rules for various archery activities. The…

Suggests making a chart with simplified explanations of the Dewey Decimal codes, to help young children find their way around the library. (SJL)

Designed for writers of nonfiction, this publication provides practical suggestions for writing books and getting them published. The 25 chapters discuss the following topics: planning for book publication, keeping track of money and facts, getting started writing, rewriting, writing reviews of other books, typing and labeling the manuscript,…

A pamphlet on special aids for senior library users lists items available from the Houston Public Library. Magnifiers (some illuminated), bedspecs (prism glasses), book holders, large print telephone dials, and games suitable for the visually handicapped or bedridden are described. The library's collections of slides and films, both 8mm and 16mm,…

This publication presents the ratings of films critiqued by teachers enrolled in classes conducted by the Environmental Studies Institute of Syracuse University. Information compiled for each film includes a summary of the content and its format, the film length, the distributor, the suggested audience, rental fees, and ratings and comments.…

Providing directions and illustrations for making a number of different kinds of puppets, this teaching guide points out possible uses of puppets for engaging children, both handicapped and nonhandicapped, in creative processes in which they can feel a sense of accomplishment. Directions and materials are outlined for making paper bag, stick,…

This community relations packet provides information and materials to help both new and experienced adult education directors and teachers build effective community relations for their adult education program. The content, in seven brief sections, (1) covers the goals of a community relations program, the community relations process, the benefits…

The author discusses uses and sources of photographs as effective teaching aids in social studies classrooms. Pictures are not new among learning resources, but they adapt well to new focuses in social studies education. One third of the pamphlet explains how photographs can enhance learning. They can promote discovery learning, concept…

The "Audiovisual Market Place" is a register of organizations, firms, and personnel in The AV industry as well as a buyers' guide for those who purchase instructional materials and those who buy services in the area of media production. Twenty-five sections are grouped under three major areas of interest: AV softward, AV hardware, and…

This manual, which is intended to accompany a series of video tapes, is designed to provide a basic sign vocabulary for use by hearing persons in communicating with the deaf. The manual consists of an introduction, explanation of the illustrated signs, seventeen lessons, and an alphabetical index of signs. Each lesson in the manual contains an…

The instructional materials included in the document consist of 100 black and white ink drawings to be used as visual aids in the classroom. Designed primarily as overhead transparency masters, they may also be adapted for use as 35mm slides, in newsletters, student handouts, and as bulletin board materials. Most are ready to use; others…