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Peer reviewedLeyden, Michael B. – Science Activities, 1976
Suggested are activities that might stimulate cognitive thought in students and which can be performed both in school and at home. (EB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Peer reviewedHoehn, Robert G. – Science Activities, 1978
Describes procedures that can help students to make model geodes from eggshells, copper sulfate, and other crystalforming substances. (HM)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Geology, Instruction
Peer reviewedDemske, Debra N. – Science Activities, 1978
Presents a mini-environment project as a valuable teaching tool for presenting ecology. The procedures for setting up a mini-desert in the classroom are presented as a model. Basic components of the mini-environment project are also included. (HM)
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Peterson, Rita W.; Stenhouse, Lawrence – Proceedings of the National Academy of Education, 1981
Two lengthy reviews are presented of a series of seven studies, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), on the subject of science education from 1950 to 1975. In "Science Education in the United States during the Third Quarter of the Twentieth Century", Rita Peterson provides an historical view of major events that occurred…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Research
Peer reviewedGreene, Charles E.; Szabo, Michael – Science Education, 1979
Investigates the effects of the reduction of reading levels of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) Level III Environmental Science (ES) materials, using a compensatory aptitude treatment (ATI) model. (HM)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGrant, William D. – Science Education, 1975
Describes the units of a science program for educable mentally handicapped students developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Project and the role of the teacher during implementation of the program. (EB)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Deafness, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDoyle, Jerry J.; Lunetta, Vincent N. – School Science and Mathematics, 1978
Discusses Piaget's ideas and their influence on science class practices. Three elementary science programs are presented as teaching models based on Piaget's theory. New issues for teachers created as a result of the application of Piagetian ideas are discussed also. (HM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Culbert, Jack; And Others – 1979
Presented is an overview and model of the proposed curriculum development process in environmental education in Connecticut. Concepts and competencies are identified at each grade level and are designed to facilitate the infusion of environmental education activities within the existing curricula using existing learning resources such as…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Fundamental Concepts
Download full textAbraham, Michael R., Ed.; Fox, Fred W., Ed. – 1978
The sixth yearbook of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) is focused on some of the issues and problems that face science teachers. The publication is divided into three parts with part I containing discussions of topics of concern to society which are either science-based or a function of science teaching. Part II…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Education, Creationism, Curriculum
