The primary goal of this collection of classroom activities is to produce environmentally-aware citizens. The skills and concepts taught through use of the kit are intended to permit the teacher to integrate diverse concepts of the environment into classroom teaching. Activities are divided into three main segments. The first segment, Ecological…

This guide provides instructions for the use of computer modeling to teach environmental studies or other subjects which may be difficult to teach. The computer modeling method described does not require input of quantitative data and does not produce a numerical model. The technique produces a qualitative model which portrays present or future…

One of the newest theories of reading states that readers rely on graphic, syntactic, and semantic cues to get meaning from a text. In the area of syntax, some recent studies not only support its importance but seem to indicate that sentence combining exercises used in writing classes may improve students' syntax sufficiently to help them in…

This collection of teacher-developed material is designed to integrate environmental education into various disciplines taught in public schools. Units contain an overview, list of needed materials and equipment, background information, description of the activity, and discussion of related activity or a list of questions pertinent to the unit.…

This document contains 20 devices which can be made by junior high and high school students. The products of these student projects can be employed in the study of the environment and range in topic from the study of biochemical oxygen demand in water to the construction of a back pack. Materials used in each project are generally readily…

This collection of study units focuses on the study of the ecology of land habitats. Considered are such topics as map reading, field techniques, forest ecosystem, birds, insects, small mammals, soils, plant ecology, preparation of terrariums, air pollution, photography, and essentials of an environmental studies program. Each unit contains…

The Institute for the Study of Sparsely Populated Areas is a multidisciplinary research unit which acts to coordinate, further, and initiate studies of the economic and social conditions of sparsely populated areas. Short summaries of the eight studies completed in the session of 1977-78 indicate work in such areas as the study of political life…

A strategic intelligence unit and a research activities unit were the two main components of a project to undertake inderdisciplinary discussions and studies of problems associated with vocational and technical education in nonmetropolitan areas. Reasons for an interdisciplinary attack were: (1) changes affecting town and rural residents including…

An interdisciplinary course to be offered in grade 12 to serve as a capstone to the efforts of social studies, business education, home economics, health education, and industrial arts, in preparing citizens to be wise consumers, was developed by a team of teacher consultants and curriculum specialists. The materials were tested and revised after…

A series of educational seminars was held in New Haven, Connecticut by a group of two psychiatrists and eight principals. These meetings were organized following a community crisis over racial balancing of the public schools. It was felt that an inter-professional collaboration would be a fruitful means of finding educational solutions to…

Most of the papers in this collection were presented at a conference on language problems of the developing nations at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia in November 1966. This conference was one of the several organized and sponsored by the Committee on Sociolinguistics of the Social Science Research Council in its effort to promote…

This publication utilizes a quick card file format in providing teacher developed and classroom tested environmental education lessons and units for students, K-12. Each 5x8 inch card provides the teacher with the following information: grade level, area of study, concept, purpose, activities, and evaluation. The goal of this format is to give the…

This paper discusses a practicum that developed a pilot program in interpersonal communication, creating a pattern of courses that would instruct students in the use of listening/talking skills for dyadic and small group situations. The paper shows how the need for this program was established and assessed and how a multidisciplinary committee…

This teachers' guide was written in an effort to get elementary school students to "turn on" to nature and to develop positive attitudes toward the environment. The materials are divided into three sections. Section one consists of activities revolving around the Environment, Wildlife, Man and the Environment. Concepts, objectives, needed…

The apparent lack of preparation of many young adults for their future roles in society has been a frequent criticism of our public school system. In response to such criticism, Madison East High School of the Madison (Wisconsin) Metropolitan School District has implemented an innovative program of study called Walkabout. The goal of the Walkabout…