Discusses problems in finding appropriate projects for an economics fair. Offers guidelines for planning such projects, focusing particularly on the selection of topics. Concludes by stressing the importance of establishing a good start for continued motivation and high quality projects. (BR)

Displays the essays and poetry of the first-place winners of the first Michigan Social Studies Olympiad, a competition for fourth through twelfth grade students which had as its theme the celebration of the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution and Michigan's sesquicentennial. (JDH)

Describes a school project in which children learn about their state's geography by visiting Virginia's historical sites. The project's culminating activity was an individual presentation by each student about the history of the area they visited. (BSR)

Discusses and gives illustrations of how to use comic books to teach history. Explores the historical background of comic books and includes detailed procedures for helping students develop their own history comics. Praises this approach as a way to enliven secondary social studies and motivate students. (GEA)

The author discusses the value of design as a management tool. He argues the importance of using the project method to teach design to managers. (CH)

Discusses how an act assignment exposes students to federal agencies; experts and novices contribute and learn in PR case course; students control in-class PR agency; cabletext service shows good results; advertising focus emphasizes creative writer; writing by number aids story structure; student photo club sells lab supplies, for revenue; and…

Describes an art project that involved blind secondary students in producing a large piece of sculpture for the terrace of their school. (RM)

Describes the design laboratory at the Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT). Considers course objectives, design projects, project structure, mechanical design, project management, and laboratory operation. This laboratory complements SIT's course in process design, giving students a complete design experience. (JN)

With a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, teenage art club members made a 20-foot float called "Bad Seed," which they entered in a parade spoofing the Mardi Gras. It had a purple volcano drooling chartreuse lava while giving birth to a huge dragon. (RM)

While it is impossible to produce a true fresco in the classroom, a number of projects approximate the look, feel, and technique of fresco painting. Students can create their own frescoes, using plaster of paris and watercolors. (RM)

National History Day is an opportunity for friendly competition and esprit d'corps, the topic of which in 1984 is family and community. Results of the 1983 national competition are discussed, with particular emphasis on how New England schools fared. (IS)

1976-2076: Students link today with tomorrow and school with community. (Editor)

Chicken wire, cardboard tubes, newspaper, scrap lumber and discontinued fabric samples were among the discarded materials used in the art classes at the Webster Hill Elementary School, West Hartford, Connecticut, to create an eight-foot giraffe. (Author/RK)

This article discusses a student project which helps ELT (English Language Teaching) students develop their grammatical awareness, as well as linguistic competence and performance at upper-intermediate or advanced levels. Encouraging students to carry out research on English grammar, collecting data, evaluating structures of language in use,…

The ability to work with different professions in a project-oriented setting is critical to today's engineering education. InterProfession (IPRO) projects, a three-credit course at the Illinois Institute of Technology, are integrated into the curriculum. Through these industry-sponsored projects, students will deal with real world engineering…