Provided are the activity sheets for students and the teaching guide for this middle school geometry activity. Materials, prerequisites, objectives, and procedures are listed. Extension activities are suggested. An answer key is included. (CW)

Discusses activities that allow students to explore epochs in time by studying real artifacts, museum replicas, student-created reproductions and dramatizations, and video and computer software. Presents two model lessons of how artifacts can be used to enliven a history lesson. (DB)

States that firsthand observations of the dynamic process that shapes landforms are important to understanding physical geography. Posits that locally planned, short-duration field exercises to study miniature or fourth-order landforms will enhance instruction about these fundamental geographic concepts. (DB)

Interviewed 45 students, grades 9-12, to which what social studies classes or activities engage secondary school students. Summarizes student reactions to a social studies class emphasizing higher-order thinking (HOT). Reports that a subject's intrinsic interest and relevance, student active participation, and cognitively challenging tasks most…

Describes a learning activity that focuses on integrated instruction in reading, writing, math, science, public speaking, and social skills in an atmosphere of cooperative learning. (MG)

Presents several electricity activities for developing student's science process skills of observation and inference. (PR)

The functional skills activity, "On Your Own," provides an opportunity for adolescents with mild disabilities to apply cognitive and academic skills in the program's four phases (choosing a career, finding an apartment, furnishing the apartment, and learning to budget) involve direct instruction, hands-on activities, small-group discussions, and…

Describes a series of lessons on spiders that encompasses the varied interests and learning styles of young children. (PR)

Presents activities and techniques for introducing students to the concepts of digestion, chemical reactions, and enzymes. (PR)

Presents an activity where students investigate whether crackers contain sugar (Benedict's test solution) and starch (Lugol test solution) before and after being chewed. (PR)

Describes the working of the Science Task Group on the place of investigation in the National Curriculum in England and Wales. (PR)

Describes a student project to build a car powered by the energy in a mousetrap as part of a unit on simple machines. (PR)

Describes an activity using a world globe, some golf tees, and a sunny day to help students understand daily and seasonal time differences. (PR)

Explains why groundwater is important and provides basic facts about groundwater. Presents student activities for understanding groundwater and porosity. Includes a color poster. (PR)

Describes a science competition challenge that has students solve several hands-on physical science problems, thus reinforcing both problem-solving skills and science knowledge. (PR)