Asserting that the skills required to tell time by the Big Dipper necessitate both considerable classroom preparation and outdoor practice, this article is designed to help teachers and students prepare for both. Written for students at the fourth grade level, this article includes simple instructions and illustrations. (JC)

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)

Ten specific activities aimed at studying soil in a vacant lot are presented along with a discussion of necessary/useful equipment and an expemplary lesson plan. (JC)

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…