A method for teaching elementary school children that man must not waste the world's resources if he is to maintain his comfortable place in the world's environment. (RB)

There are three basic reasons why a teacher's directions aren't followed. A followed direction is usually the result of two steps: thorough, systematic planning and careful implementation. (Author)

Teacher used square dancing as an activity which she hoped would act as a cohesive force in a first grade classroom. (DR)

The teacher must recognize the legitimacy of the dialect speaker's language by insuring that beginning reading materials accurately reflect the language and experience of the child. Each child should dictate and then read his own language. (Author)

How the use of plywood scraps became the basis of a creative art project. (RB)

Offers an awareness strategies checklist that can be used to help free children from previous preconceptions and guide them to notice new elements in the environment. (RB)

Describes a project that helps children to realize the potential use of fractions and therefore have an incentive to learn them. (RB)

Presented is a teaching unit which acquaints students with the once-in-a-decade U.S. census. Included are ideas for activities which demonstrate how the census is crucial to the workings of a democracy. (KC)

Techniques for a successful nighttime field trip to observe celestial wonders are presented. The author describes such a trip, taken with gifted fifth graders. (KC)

A teacher explains the procedures she uses to prepare her fifth and sixth graders for taking multiple-choice standardized tests. (SJL)

Presents expert advice on how to write effective tests and offers suggestions for teaching children how to take tests. (JMB)

Suggests science activities for a unit on goldfish, including experiments investigating reactions of fish to light, sound, current and temperature. (CM)

Describes some of the poems and methods from a Writers in the School program as part of a primary education poetry program that intends to stimulate students to read and write poetry. (Author/RK)