This packet contains lesson plans with real-life service projects that students can do throughout the school year, from September 2000 to August 2001. The lesson plans in the packet provide teachers with flexibility to offer them to students as young as grade 5 and as old as grade 12. The lesson plans, although essentially social studies, service…

This paper examines, through historical analysis, the values and beliefs underpinning the early theories and applications of problem-based learning and contrasts these with current theory and practice. This study focuses on the first three decades of the twentieth century, because, during this time period, the use of projects in education became…

Describes a science activity designed to stimulate creative thinking in children. The project, entitled Egg Loft,'' encourages students to devise methods for lifting an egg above 20 feet and returning it safely to ground. A number of the successful devices created and built by children are described. (JR)

Discusses measurement techniques developed in the Nuffield A level physical science assessment and statistical results obtained in 1968 and 1971. Concludes that individual projects are contributors of positive and valuable educational experiences to the course. (CC)

Suggestions are given for the preparation and evaluation of projects and exhibits. Extensive examples of a wide range of student-developed projects are described. A listing of project topics with references is included. (LS)

Presents arguments for continuation of commencement exercises and how they should best be utilized. (RK)

Article describes how the author solved an ethnic relations problem in his classroom by encouraging the students to make a film about it. The results were better relations and the development of a student-run film corporation. (MM)

Discusses the work and planning requisite to the success of an ambitious, developmental, computer-assisted instruction project. (JF)

Describes the experience of using a multi-media approach to learning with junior high school inner-city students; illustrated. (SW)

Benefits of integrating audiovisual media into gifted education programs are considered. Enabling and terminal objectives for videotape productions and photographic slide/sound productions are identified. It is suggested that the use of communication media can promote self-expression, creativity, and communication skills. (SEW)

Eleven foreign students from different countries produced a series of radio programs on diverse topics to be broadcast on a local French radio station. Through the experience, the students learned much about the culture in which they were studying, and expressed their own culture and individuality. (MSE)

An experiment on children's perception of urban distance is described, focusing on the study's methodology and analyses. Suggests that the methodology/analyses could be used by sixth-formers providing a means by which sixth-formers can develop their own examinations of urban distance perception. (JN)