Third in a series of three posters designed for an energy-enriched curriculum, this poster deals with nuclear energy. Learning activities for secondary students are provided on the reverse side. (RM)

Presents four Gestalt learning activities which can help elementary students achieve a more genuine understanding of individual differences. (RM)

The author describes a fifth grade gifted class biography project based on J. Renzulli's Interest-A-Lyzer which asked students to choose three people from the past and three from the present they would invite to the class as teachers. (SB)

Events and activities based on holidays and anniversaries occurring in September are suggested for elementary grade levels. (FG)

Investigated effects of structured reminiscent intervention upon elderly cognitive functioning. Volunteers were given learning tasks using material from their past lives, asked to perform operations on new material, or given no treatment. Findings suggested stimulating cognitive functioning in older people is worthwhile, and memories can provide…

Describes activities for elementary social studies designed to stimulate student interest in maps and globes. For example, students study geographic regions where friends and relatives live. They locate food production, manufacturing areas, and places they have visited on maps. (AM)

This article suggests 11 projects for prekindergarten and kindergarten children (1) to teach letter recognition; (2) to develop eye-hand coordination; and (3) to help children understand weather; and (4) to provide art and drama activities on Thanksgiving themes. (PP)

Explains how students can learn to write reports based on encyclopedia information without resorting to copying or becoming bored. (FL)

The authors describe an incidental learning approach using supplementary reading sources such as bumper stickers, t-shirts, and novelty buttons to encourage gifted students' analysis and synthesis skills. (CL)

Contains a poster dealing with energy uses for use in secondary-level classes. On the reverse side of the poster, there is a discussion of alternative energy resources. Activities in which students calculate the operating costs of solar-powered cars and the size of solar collectors needed to heat water are included. (AM)

The poster "Energy Search," inserted in this issue of the journal, is presented to stimulate thought and discussion among elementary and secondary students concerning possible ways of meeting vital energy needs. Activities are provided on the reverse side of the poster. (RM)

Presents an activity which encourages hypothesis testing and introduces the study of prehistorical and historical societies. Students formulate a hypothesis about an artifact; then the teacher gradually introduces more information. Students refine their hypotheses and test them against what the artifact was used for. (KC)

Five elementary teachers explain how they orient pupils and get learning started on the first day of school--whether or not their supplies or textbooks have arrived--by building learning activities around a common interest like dogs, earthworms, football, or the Statue of Liberty. (Editor/SJL)

Offers suggestions for making newspaper activities part of the reading curriculum. (FL)

Instructions, with illustrations, are provided for three exercises in clay sculpture: press mold, figure sculpture, and composite sculpture. (SJL)