The annual Philbrick Science Showcase is a family event that celebrates students' science learning and highlights an ongoing partnership with the Boston Nature Center, a Massachusetts Audubon Society sanctuary within walking distance of the Philbrick school. At least twice a year, students visit the Nature Center to extend the science curriculum,…

Describes a talented and gifted (TAG) curriculum for elementary and secondary students in Maryland. Discusses methods used to identify TAG students, educational opportunities utilizing community resources, and curriculum development.

Provides recommendations for developing programs for gifted students. Describes the development of an operational talented and gifted program for elementary students in Connecticut, called Operation Mind Stretch. (MA)

Describes in detail a public school program exclusively for gifted children, grades K-12. Discusses criteria for entry into the program, provides profiles of the students, and explains evaluation of student progress. (MA)

Describes the science program that has been developed in Sierra Leone elementary schools over the past eight years. (JR)

Describes science programs for gifted students developed at a learning center in Connecticut. Programs include investigations in astronomy, geology, and climatology. The learning center site is a abandoned NIKE missle base. (MA)

Reviewed are teacher and student materials for Searching for Structure, an activity-oriented, process approach, science program for upper elementary and middle school students. The program's science content relates to matter, energy, interdependence of living things and environment, genetic and environmental effects on living things, and the…

Mess Management is considered here as collective problem solving. Describes an example of a program for gifted elementary students emphasizing problem solving skills. A sample strategy is included. (MA)

A college professor who desired to practice what she preached and an elementary teacher who wanted to observe a hands-on science curriculum on a day-to-day basis form a teaching partnership. They offer insights on their successes, obstacles, and methods for improving hands-on science programs. (ZWH)

Reviews "Pathways in Science" (Globe Book Company), designed as a complete middle/junior high school science program. Strengths (including sixth-grade readability) and weaknesses (indicating that limited process skill development may not challenge more capable students). Limited process skill development and the possibility for the program…

Describes Project COLD (Climate, Ocean, Land, Discovery) a scientific study of the Polar Regions, a collection of 35 modules used within the framework of existing subjects: oceanography, biology, geology, meterology, geography, social science. Includes a partial list of topics and one activity (geodesic dome) from a module. (Author/SK)

Describes Microcomputer, Nighttime Astronomy, and Communications Technology courses designed specifically for parents and their middle school children to take together. Includes overall goals and family reactions to the courses which appear to foster scientific literacy and bring parents and children closer together while engaged in educational…

Describes Waunakee Community School's six-week Summer Science Program for students entering the seventh grade. Students are selected for this science enrichment program on the basis of interest, ability, and maturity. Program content includes wetlands, forests, prairies, and animals, concluding with a camping trip. (DS)

Reviews Solar Energy Education Project (SEEP), a set of 10 curriculum guides emphasizing process skills as well as content for grades K-9. Solar concepts are taught almost exclusively through process activities and, although developed in Australia, the curriculum is easily adaptable to American classrooms. (Author/JN)