The annual report of Project Kare (Knowledgeable Action to Restore our Environment) reviews the accomplishments of project management, programs, and services, as well as evaluation proceedings and supportive information for 1972-1973. The purpose of Project Kare is to strengthen environmental education in five intermediate units in Pennsylvania,…

Integrated Social Studies (ISS) is designed to teach students the multi-dimensional nature of man. It focuses on concepts and values from the social sciences, history, the arts, and a variety of brief-value systems. Individualized instruction provides a framework for participation in which students are offered a wide range of learning experiences…

Information about available instructional aids, suggestions for selecting and evaluating these materials, and guidance in using them are provided in this yearbook. Chapters cover the use of instructional space; textboods and other printed materials; programed instruction and teaching machines; calculating devices and computers; projection devices;…

This comprehensive teaching guide for an 18-36 week course in American industry for the junior high grades contains seven units with detailed lesson plans, which focus on establishing and running a student business. Developed by educational specialists, the unit plans provide teaching suggestions, instructional media, behavioral objectives, and…

The article describes eight vocational student organizations and some of their activities in developing leadership and personal relations skills of their members in vocational agriculture, home economics, industrial, distributive, business, office, industrial arts, and health occupations education. Discusses organizations' needs; emphasizes the…

Students at Riveria Middle School in St. Petersburg, Florida, who complete an 18-week exploratory health occupations course, are given an opportunity to work as aides in the school's clinic. Students have the chance to learn more about the health field and help to meet the needs of the school. (JH)

Problems of teaching and learning community medicine are discussed. Community medicine curricula must include experiential learning, with real patients and problems, in order to prove that health is affected by culture, politics, the environment, and individual behavior. (Author/LBH)

Reports on a study to determine the use of outdoor resources in the teaching of natural science in secondary schools, and to obtain suggestions from science teachers for increasing and improving the use of outdoor resources. Results indicated 16 percent of classes do not study science outdoors. (TW)

Discusses alterations in geography instruction which must be made to meet changes in the student population. Describes areas of growth in geography education and specific teaching methods. (AEM)

Presents ideas intended to provoke thinking about how science teaching can engage the imagination and spark the creative faculties of students and teachers. Provides examples of ways that teachers can improve their questioning techniques. (TW)

Summarizes the history of the outdoor education movement from the idea stage of school camping (1930-1939) to the present stage of diversity and growing opportunities for resident outdoor programs and programs for special populations. Analyzes research literature, noting thematic trends and quantitative studies of numbers of participants and…

Presents a wildlife and landscape management plan that was developed for the British College of Agriculture farm. Discusses the economic value and the educational value of wildlife plans. Proposes that such wildlife conservation plans be developed for other farmlands in Great Britain. (TW)

Uses heat exchange, evaporator, and distillation pressure examples to illustrate ways of motivating students to participate creatively and generate questions on process engineering logic. Relates the need for providing a link between theory and industrial practice. (RT)

Examination of the first 50 words of three blind children revealed that the early vocabulary paralleled that of seeing children in terms of age and speed of acquisition. Differences between the two groups were related to factors which were highly influenced by experience (including visual experience). (Author/CB)

Reports on a study intended to determine the science education research interests of elementary teachers and to examine the data according to certain demographic variables. Results indicate that hands-on experience, science content, cognitive development and learning styles, problem solving, and teaching strategies were the top five research…