Science is an often ignored subject in the elementary grades. This article lists and briefly discusses ten suggestions for strengthening and enriching an elementary science curriculum. Among the ways given are science fairs, museums, outdoor learning centers, filmstrips clinics, and school weather stations. (MA)

Offers guidelines for setting up a science fair, establishes criteria for project evaluation and discusses judging and awards. (BR)

Questions, activities, and methods which might aid in fostering creativity and other talents in an elementary school science context. (Author/CP)

Discusses the A-T approach in conjunction with a structured science program, such as COPES, which provides opportunities for independent study and student self-pacing and is a means for increasing student comprehension. This approach can also help absentee students catch up as well as students who enter mid-year. (BR)

An active, materials-centered approach to learning, using the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) is described in its use at a school for the hearing impaired. (EB)

Reviews prepared by NSTA Curriculum Review Center at the University of Georgia, Athens, are presented. The Me Now program is described in detail - showing organization into four units representing a two-year instructional program for an Educable Mentally Handicapped Class. (EB)

Describes the working of the Mutually Aided Learning (MAL) project in which high school students serve as learning assistants in elementary school classrooms. (PEB)

Presented are reasons why EMH children have usually been deprived of science in their curriculum as well as discussion of a study done to counteract these problems. Curriculum programs specifically developed for these children are described. (EB)