Presents a script designed to teach students about the extent of global interdependence and the costs in human, environmental, social, and economic terms. Includes questions for discussion, brainstorming suggestions for action, and assessing action questions. (MKR)

This article shares activities that fourth, fifth, and sixth graders can enjoy as they discover relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents, including the 100-penny chart. (MKR)

Discusses the use of glyphs, which are pictorial shorthand, to communicate data. Incorporates graphs and Venn diagrams. (MKR)

Describes several activities of the Data and Chance program involving third and fourth graders. Students use real-life situations to investigate probability. (MKR)

Discusses classroom use of mini-reading conferences (lasting no more than two minutes) on such topics as changing the book a student is reading and following up on a particular skill assignment. (RS)

Navigation exercises in the outdoors involve interactive team skills; individual assessment of self-confidence, competence, and esteem; and leadership skills. Learning goals include planning, managing a team, handling information, allocating individual objectives, making decisions, and attending to accuracy. Provides facilitators with instructions…

This study examined the attitudes of 49 second-language students toward 2 language acquisition activities: grammar exercises and extensive reading of popular literature. Results showed, by a significant margin, student favored reading over grammar in both respects. (includes references) (JL)

Notes that the hobby of collecting is a way families can reinforce and expand a child's learning when not in school by encouraging development of classification, categorizing, and decision-making skills. Describes resources on and what can be learned by collecting rocks, seashells, cards, and stamps. (DR)

Presents ideas for organizing the mathematics classroom to promote and extend children's mathematical thinking by visible ordering of space and materials, creating personal space for group members, establishing a sense of group membership, and embedding mathematics in daily routines. (MKR)

This article describes activities to acquaint young students with hearing impairments with the hospitalization experience. Activities included a visit to a hospital and creation of a slide program showing children preparing for and experiencing either an outpatient procedure or an overnight hospital stay. (DB)

Describes a university consumer affairs course using management tools to improve problem-solving skills. The Interaction Method teaches specific material and enables learning through participation. (SK)

A matrix is presented for evaluating outdoor development programs. The four quadrants (narrow skills, broad skills, fun/enjoyment, self/other awareness) are ranged along two dimensions: tight to loose task approach and low to high intensity process. (SK)

Suggested nature activities include (1) sensory experiences to distinguish all characteristics of various objects; (2) adopt-a-tree activities where children learn about "their own" tree; (3) finding evidence of animals in nature; (4) nature questions of the week with prizes for correct answers; and (5) activities related to the…

Capitalizes on students' interest in driving by using road signs, which are classified by shape as well as by color, to teach about geometric shapes. (HTH)

An integrative study of the parallel histories of art and science was used to enable students to understand the effects that changing definitions have on the expression of science and art. Examines the following periods in history: (1) Pre-Renaissance; (2) Renaissance; and (3) Modern Art and Science. (ZWH)