Fourth and fifth grade students at Bulman Elementary School, Redford, Michigan, learn economics concepts by selling potato chips: company stocks are sold and part of the profit is invested in a student-run bank which has checking accounts and issues monthly statements. (AV)

A "History Media Production" course is described in which college students at University of Maine at Orono create short slide/tape or videotape productions of selected aspects of history. In the process, students learn their assigned topics in-depth and also create a media library for professors to use in classroom instruction. (AV)

At Greenesfield Remedial Centre, Gateshead, students participated in projects designed to help them understand themselves while developing their talents and learning to cope with life's everyday problems. (Author/RK)

Opportunities should be made available for students to design their own field experiences with the use of learning contracts. This approach affords the student flexibility, emphasizes initiative and involvement, and aids in the resolution of the problem of school-to-work transition. (Author/JDS)

Described is a basic statistics course developed around statistical surveys which students conduct and analyze. An outline covering suggested classroom procedures and an outline giving directions for the statistics project are included. (DT)

The Centennial Education Program of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a six-credit residential instruction unit, offers students academic work in self-directed projects. Examples of projects, faculty involvement, time involvement, and related cognitive and affective relationships are described. (LBH)

The great educational value of projects is emphasized by contrasting negative aspects of the life of today's children with the goals of project work. This is illustrated by a project "Shopping." It is shown what children are learning in such projects and what the advantages of project work are. Relevant topic areas, criteria for selecting a…

One of the hallmarks of reform mathematics classes is that students are actively involved in the learning process. They perform experiments, they collect data, they work on projects with other students, they conduct and write up labs. This panel, consisting of one faculty member and three students, will discuss some of the ways in which students…

Taking off from the idea that each autograph is an original work of art created by the signer, this book aims to represent a piece of history, the premise being that there is no better way to learn about historical figures or celebrities than to meet those people and ask them for signed photos, books, and other information. A section of the book…

The countdown to a new century provides a unique opportunity to engage America's youth in charting a course for the future. The Mars Millennium Project challenges students across the nation to design a community yet to be imagined for the planet Mars. This interdisciplinary learning project aims to encourage K-12 students in classrooms and youth…

Not only is service learning a buzz word in the academy, but it is also a phenomenon discussed by those in private and non-academic public arenas. In the Spring 2000 semester a small-group communication class educator implemented the idea of her students completing a semester-long service learning project. This paper details the steps the educator…

Place-based, or "contextualized," mathematics instruction gives learners the opportunity to see how mathematics is relevant to their lives. Such opportunities are crucial to the success of students in rural settings and may be crucial to the survival of rural communities. For the last half century, schools have educated rural children to believe…

This document provides the administrative, management, and supervisory guidance necessary to successfully conduct and support grades 7-12 science symposia. It was developed as the operations manual for the Pacific Region Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (PJSHS) program for 2002-2003 which is an 10-month, precollege student research program…

Describes a program in which high school seniors are involved in science presentations to elementary school classes. (JR)

Presents theoretical fundamentals of the experiment on the multiple reflection of helium-neon laser beams from a black-surfaced mirror. Further applications to student projects are indicated. (CC)