Constructed and experienced by students engaged in an outdoor education class at East Stroudsburg State College in Pennsylvania, the "Owl Trail" is a self guided rope trail (600 yards in length) employing such devices as sensory corrals, bridges, and "go to" ropes (ropes attached to the main rope which provide side trip…

Angle measurement activities utilizing tinker-toys, geoboards, and paper-and-pencil constructions are given which could be used with children prior to the development of the degree concept. (MN)

Activities for providing practice in estimating sums and products using calculators are presented. Worksheets are included. (MN)

Finding the sum of all n digit whole numbers that can be formed from an n digit whole number is proposed as a useful classroom activity. The problem leads from inductive method to deductive proof with the aid of pocket calculators, and provides an opportunity to introduce factorial notation and permutations. (MN)

A discussion of the process by which pictures are secured from distant places by use of computers is preceded by a brief explanation of the binary number system. (MN)

An activity involving totaling bills, completing checks and check stubs, and determining bank balances is described. (JT)

The author illustrates a method for the construction of the eight deltahedra, using cardboard and rubber bands. (MN)

Briefly discusses programs designed and developed by Junior Achievement, focusing on the Applied Economics program, in which economic theory instruction is combined with practical usage. (AEM)

This article examines the philosophic basis of play in physical education. Specifically discussed are: (1) current and historical perspectives of play in physical education; (2) why physical educators have an aversion to play in the classroom; (3) and the immediate need for the play-directed experience to be the cornerstone of physical education.…

The author describes the experience-based urban Vocational Horticulture Project sponsored by the Central Diesel School of Brooklyn, New York, and involving the National Park Service and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service. The program prepares minority youth for entry-level employment in ornamental horticulture or in forestry and wildlife…

Describes how a farm program might assist any camp to offer experiential educational opportunities, improve attitudes toward food/nutrition, expand interpersonal relationships, develop work values and responsibility, teach history of food production/hunger. Details program goals, seasonal agricultural work, staffing, tools/equipment, daily…

Shares therapeutic and economic practices surrounding equipment used in New York's Higher Horizons adventure program of therapy for troubled youth. Encourages educators, therapists, and administrators to explore relationship between equipment selection, program goals, and clients. (NEC)

To produce spontaneous and generalized language use by severely disabled individuals, the language training context and content must be examined. Training methods can better approximate the conditions of natural language use when they involve: generation of spontaneous language responses to effect real-world changes, single performance "trials,"…

An analysis of the Washington Center internship program suggests that powerful and appropriate learning results when internships give students an experience of intense involvement, coupled with sustained, systematic reflection. The Washington Center works in partnership with over 600 institutions and internship sites in Washington, D.C. (MLW)

Examines research in a variety of fields to assess the ways in which experiences in the wilderness contribute to physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Considers psychological benefits, enhancement of self-worth, ability to learn, and physical fitness. (NEC)