Stresses briefly the need for individuals' actions for controlling the environmental pollution. A number of projects are suggested for teachers to involve children in this area. Simulated discussion groups of sellers'' and consumers, use of pictures, onion juice, and a water filtration contest are a few of the sources used. (PS)

This article reviews the River Falls Model Program for the Preparation of Elementary Teachers. (MM)

After an extensive review and analysis of the current status of youth, the authors describe an untapped but viable option to prepare youth for adult responsibilities. (Editor)

A unit on statistics, based on the problem of determining the ratio between the height of a person and the measure of his navel from the ground, is described. (DT)

Three work cards on measurement are presented. (MM)

Described is an activity for developing measurement skills of the elementary school student, involving a physical application. (JG)

Discusses the problems inherent in combined arts education programs. The article argues that teachers in all the arts can pursue their common objective best by teaching their respective fields separately. (AM)

An elementary school art museum, directed, staffed, and supplied by students, is described. Each year a unifying theme emphasizes the interrelationships of art, music, social science, math, reading, and English. The art students become artists of a selected period and their creations become the museum's collection for the year. (KC)

Discusses using rat olympics in helping psychology students to overcome their reluctance to condition rats. Working in groups, students enter rats in a number of behaviors (events) which can be shaped using operant conditioning methods and which rats can perform with varying degrees of proficiency. (Author/KC)

Describes a program carried out at the St. Paul, Minnesota Open School, in which junior and senior high school students are engaged in consumer advocacy for the community. (Author/GC)

Describes early spring night field trips by two naturalists and ten adults, armed with cameras and flashlights, in search of Spotted Salamanders performing ritual mating dances. Although dancing salamanders proved elusive, their habits and those of other pond life were examined and Spring American Woodcock nuptial flights were observed. (NEC)

Describes an exercise that provides a basis for resolving the controversy over which leadership theory is better, the Situational Contingency approach or the one-best-style approach. Thirty-two references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Challenges the identification of literacy with intelligence and abstract reasoning ability. Suggests nonverbal projects as a way of broadening the definition of intelligence in the English classroom. A bibliography is included. (DF)