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Learning, 1992
Presents a collection of activities to help elementary students study ocean ecology. The activities have students investigate ocean inhabitants, analyze animal adaptations, examine how temperature and saltiness affect ocean creatures, and learn about safeguarding the sea. Student pages offer reproducible learning sheets. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Ecology, Elementary Education
Hansen, Karen L. – Learning, 1991
An activity book presents arts and crafts projects for the special events and holidays occurring during November and December. The section includes class activities, student activity pages, and directions for making several kinds of bird feeders. (SM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Class Activities, Creative Teaching
Learning, 1992
Presents a collection of inexpensive autumn science activities for elementary students. A full moon activity encourages observational and critical thinking skills. A pumpkin activity teaches physics. A spider activity teaches biology and alleviates unnecessary fears. A student page has children create a bookmark that shows faces in the full moon.…
Descriptors: Biology, Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Critical Thinking
Learning, 1992
Presents ideas to help elementary school educators teach their students about magnetic force fields by observing how iron filings line up around magnets. The article lists materials needed and offers a student page with suggested student activities. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning
Bang, Molly – Learning, 1992
Elementary teachers can use folktales to teach story structure. After students read a folktale, they can brainstorm for story ideas, create and revise outlines and drafts, edit their stories in pairs, complete a final version, then construct and illustrate a book. A student page teaches how to plan a folktale. (SM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Reading Writing Relationship
Hansen, Karen – Learning, 1991
Presents guidelines for teaching students about African culture via dances and games and for developing related activities to expand student learning experiences. Student activity pages describe how to do the Ghana national dance and how to play Mankala, a popular African game. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Black Culture, Black Studies, Class Activities
Learning, 1992
Provides before-, during-, and after-reading strategies to help students develop reading goals, monitor comprehension, and reflect on what they read. A reading wheel and student pages encourage practice of new strategies. Across the curriculum strategies are included for building comprehension in other curriculum areas. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
