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Hood, Susan – Instructor, 1980
This is a package of classroom games for the elementary grades. They cover the basic subject areas and are adaptable to various ages and numbers of players. Included are two pages of puzzles ready to be duplicated and given to students. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Puzzles
Instructor, 1988
Five reproducible puzzles are presented which test students' skills in math, visual discrimination, and decoding. (MT)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Puzzles
Florida State Dept. of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee. – 2000
This environmental guide for students contains stories on air pollution, water pollution, wetlands, groundwater, solid and hazardous waste, and coastal areas. It includes a section on how students can help Florida's environment. A reference section with contact names and addresses for Florida's governmental and citizen organizations is also…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Puzzles
Kohl, Herb – Teacher, 1979
Presented are several word and sentence puzzles, both simple and complex, for student use. All involve various-shaped grids made up of squares for letter or word fill-ins. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Puzzles
Peer reviewedKirman, Joseph M. – Canadian Social Studies, 1991
Provides a crossword puzzle for social studies students. Offers clues based upon early Canadian history. Invites teachers to submit their own puzzles. (SG)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Puzzles
Peer reviewedDarrell, Sherry; Darrell, C. B. – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Describes the use of a crossword puzzle for testing students for content in a Greek mythology course. Includes a sample crossword puzzle. (TJ)
Descriptors: Greek Literature, Higher Education, Mythology, Puzzles
Peer reviewedBlythin, Evan – Communication Education, 1983
Provides a crossword puzzle of communication/rhetorical terms, names of ancient rhetoricians, and answers to the puzzle. (PD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication (Thought Transfer), Games, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian A. – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents a crossword puzzle and a word-find puzzle. Provides clues dealing with Canadian history and government. Includes an answer key for the crossword puzzle. (SG)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Governmental Structure
California State Dept. of Transportation, Sacramento. – 1997
This publication is designed to educate high school students about the problems and challenges of transportation. The parent project was conceived as a mathematics curriculum project, but developed into an interdisciplinary project to ensure that students would become well informed regarding the transportation decisions they make. In the…
Descriptors: Group Activities, High Schools, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving
Snoddon, Ruth V.; And Others – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Descriptions of activities designed to enhance the learning of library and information skills focus on the location of materials (ready-to-use library skills games); finding materials in the card catalog; and Aesop's fables. Games and puzzles are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Several activities, games, and puzzles designed to teach elementary school children how to use a thesaurus are described and copies of worksheets are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Anderson, Carolyn – 1998
This book provides puzzles, games, and mathematical activities for students in elementary grades. Number concepts and arithmetic are common topics. These classic math, logic, and word-problem activities encourage students to become flexible, creative thinkers while teaching them to draw valid conclusions based on logic and evidence. Each activity…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities
Jacob, Willis H.; Carter, Robert, III – 2000
This document features review questions, crossword puzzles, and word search puzzles on human anatomy. Topics include: (1) Anatomical Terminology; (2) The Skeletal System and Joints; (3) The Muscular System; (4) The Nervous System; (5) The Eye and Ear; (6) The Circulatory System and Blood; (7) The Respiratory System; (8) The Urinary System; (9) The…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, Cardiovascular System, Eyes
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian A. – Canadian Social Studies, 1992
Presents a crossword puzzle and a word find puzzle. Offers clues dealing with member nations in the British Commonwealth. Includes an answer key for the crossword puzzle. Suggests sources of information on the Commonwealth. (DK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
Peer reviewedAndrews, Ian – Canadian Social Studies, 1999
Addresses the movement called civic nationalism in Quebec Province (Canada) that allows all people regardless of ethnic heritage to participate fully in the secular and governmental life of Canada. Provides a puzzle that focuses on the people uniting against civic nationalism. Included the clues and word list. (CMK)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials


