Designed for elementary students with learning disabilities, this lesson plan's objectives are to teach direction words utilizing the outdoors. Worksheets provide directions for finding materials and/or building the terrarium (e.g., "look 'under' the slide,""put parts 6 and 7 'under' part 5 so they won't blow away," etc.). (JC)

Describing a program aimed at learning disabled boys aged 11-15, this article presents the program's purpose and goals (mainstreaming), activities, and main focus (a maple syrup operation and guide development project). (JC)

To increase feelings of self-worth and confidence, drain tension and hostility, and set the stage for understanding, about 90 elementary and junior high school students from developmental learning classes participate in farm activities. "Each activity opens the door to a number of pathways to learning as a natural consequence." (AN)

This theme issue on gifted high school students presents several feature articles, a California legislative update, and an editorial. In "Summer Seminar '93--California in the 21st Century," Janis Van Dreal describes a 2-week residential program in which gifted high school students examined California's future. "Visiting a Gifted…

The CAG "Communicator" focus is on serving gifted students in California. This document consists of the four issues of "communicator" issued during 1997. Featured articles include: (1) "The Gifted Student At Risk. It Can't Be True" (Judy Roseberry); (2) "Tech Net-Technology and At-Risk Students" (Judy Lieb); (3) "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the…