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Kepler, Lynne – 1996
Favorite science topics like seeds and plants, evaporation, light and shadow, and animal observation are the subjects of the eight windowsill science centers included in this book. Each of the science centers includes a discussion of the process skills that students will use, several hands-on activities, explanation of key concepts and vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, General Science, Learning Centers (Classroom), Science Activities

Lennert, James W. – Science and Children, 1981
Describes a one-week unit in Earth science for the elementary science classroom. The concepts included are land formation, erosion, the water cycle, and human impact on the Earth's surface through planning and building a massive outdoor drainage model. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Science Activities
Symington, David; And Others – 1982
The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--investigated the questions and explanations primary children have about rocks. Data were collected during teaching sessions from New Zealand students (ages 8-11) and Australian students (ages 10-11). The teaching sessions required the teacher to create a situation in which children generated some…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Biddulph, Fred; Osborne, Roger – 1983
The topic of metals is frequently taught in primary schools. However, when metals are suggested as one of a series of topics for study, students often initially show little enthusiasm for the topic. To determine the ideas that children have about metals the Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--interviewed thirty-eight 9- to 10-year-old…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Statistical Services. – 1974
Presented is a compilation of data, developed by the New York State Department of Education from table summaries of school forms, of science programs in New York State in 1973-74. A list of tables is included. Among these tables are: (1) the number of school districts indicating their plans for revision of local science courses (K-12); (2) the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum
Biddulph, Fred – 1982
The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--investigated the questions and explanations primary children have about spiders. The data comprise 112 questions and 104 explanations (included in appendices) offered by children after being shown a picture of a spider. Additional data were collected during individual interviews with 18 students.…
Descriptors: Animals, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Hawe, Eleanor – 1984
The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--investigated the ideas and interests about spiders held by 8- to 10-year-old children. Data included 303 questions--and answers to some of the questions--about spiders obtained from children in four classes and from responses obtained during individual interviews with 10 children from each age…
Descriptors: Animals, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Symington, David; And Others – 1982
The Learning in Science Project (Primary--LISP(P)--designed to investigate the teaching and learning of science in New Zealand primary schools, arises from the work of the original Learning in Science Project (LISP). This paper is an attempt to clarify the direction of LISP(P) as it moves toward the central phase of the research. The ideas…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Symington, David; And Others – 1982
The stand taken in the Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--is that primary school science should be centrally concerned with children's present interaction with their world rather than their future science education. Further, it has been decided that one of the LISP(P) foci should be on questions that children ask and how these…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Biddulph, Fred; Osborne, Roger – 1982
One area explored in the Learning in Science Project (Primary--LISP(P)--was children's questions about and explanations of phenomena. Data were obtained from work with classes of children, interviews with children, informal discussions with teachers, and observations of two teachers using an alternative teaching model (outlined in an appendix)…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Osborne, Roger; And Others – 1982
The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--was designed to investigate the teaching and learning of science in the primary school. This paper summarizes the work undertaken and the findings obtained during the first 9 months of the project. During the first 6 months, an exploratory phase, similar to the original Learning in Science…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Osborne, Roger – 1983
This paper, designed to be used in conjunction with a video-tape developed by the Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--shows excerpts from some of the interview schedules used to examine children's ideas about floating and sinking. These interviews involved the use of "interview-about-instances" (IAI) cards (included in an…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Students' Views of Floating & Sinking. Learning in Science Project (Primary). Working Paper No. 116.
Biddulph, Fred – 1983
This study investigated the meanings and ideas held and questions asked by children (ages 7-14) about floating and sinking (in water). Data were collected from interviews using "interview-about-instances" (IAI) cards (included in an appendix) and 10 objects which either floated or sank. Additional data were collected from classroom…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Biddulph, Fred – 1984
The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--investigated the ideas and interests children have about flowering plants (in particular whether these plants have a life cycle). Data were obtained from: individual interviews with children, ages 7- to 14-year-old (10 students for each age level), using the "interview-about-instances"…
Descriptors: Botany, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
Biddulph, Fred – 1982
The first (exploratory) phase of the Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--focused on science teaching/learning in New Zealand primary schools. Previous information about science teaching/learning was obtained from interviews with children, teachers, principals, science advisers, teachers' college lecturers, and inspectors. To gain…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development