Describes a four-phase strategy for integrating environmental education into the broad curriculum and community of a high school. Phase 1, Testing the Water, includes organizing displays and planting trees. Phase 2, Consolidating the Initiatives, involves curriculum development and conservation activism. Phase 3, Partial Integration and…

Explores the differences between interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches to developing instructional materials in environmental education. Argues that the transdisciplinary approach might be the best one to raise environmental literacy among citizens. Contains 13 references. (Author/JRH)

Presented by the National Park Service with the help of numerous Indian tribes and state, local, and federal agencies, an exhibit commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition will spend more than 3 years retracing the expedition's route. At each stop, local points of view will be presented. Presentations will be videotaped…

Describes Project Jacobean, which offers students an opportunity to investigate differential calculus appearing in the study of literature. Presents procedures for student activities in which they experience the rigor of deducing conclusions and realize that viewing their work critically can be constructive. Introduces the essence of scholarly…

Describes an art project that integrated science and art education. Explains that students create ceramic bowls by using real leaves. Discusses the process of creating the ceramic bowls, including how to glaze the bowls. Includes a list of materials. (CMK)

Discovery Education is based on the writings of Henry David Thoreau, an early champion of experiential learning. After 2 months of preparation, 10th-grade students spent 4 days in the wilderness reenacting a piece of history, such as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The interdisciplinary approach always included journal-writing. Students gained…

Describes an art project used with students in a beginning drawing class in which they created self-portraits. Explains that the students were also to select geographic areas that identified their ancestry, such as a country or part of the United States. (CMK)

Describes an art project used with kindergarten and first-grade students that focused on traditional African masks as part of a unit on the culture of West Africa. Discusses how the students created their clay masks. Includes lists of learning objectives and art materials. (CMK)

Describes a two-year, multisite, curriculum-development project aimed to increase the pool of professionals trained in geriatric and/or gerontological social work. Methods included providing advanced training in aging, cultural competence, and interdisciplinary practice; developing, implementing, and testing an innovative student curriculum based…

Uses poems incorporating mathematical terms to help students apply their knowledge of mathematics to another field and give evidence that what they had learned had become a useful and easily accessible part of their general experience. Includes assignment sheets. (KHR)

Presents a map-projection activity that combines mathematics and geography through investigating the proportion of land and water that covers the earth. Focuses on helping students become familiar with characteristics of different projections or representations of the world while estimating and graphing and encouraging them to investigate the…

Describes a group project that involves geometry and falls into an area of mathematics known as operations research, which is crucial to making decisions in business and industry. Includes problem statements and project assessment guidelines and illustrates solutions. (KHR)

Presents a study that investigated the effects of student factors related to course preparation, specifically participation in Learning in Communities (LINC) and technology, on the success of the students in an introductory sociology course. Reveals that attendance and reading required texts were significant predictors of success, while LINC…

Examines problem-based learning and suggests advantages and disadvantages of this method of instruction. Looks at barriers to implementation and the changes in teachers' role and adjustments needed for assessment. Includes implications for family and consumer sciences educators. (Contains 27 references.) (JOW)

Describes a lesson plan using a chambered nautilus to connect geometry and poetry which can be easily adapted to a wide range of levels. (YDS)