Instructions, with illustrations, are provided for three exercises in clay sculpture: press mold, figure sculpture, and composite sculpture. (SJL)

Presents ideas for getting elementary students to explore the meaning of cliches and idiomatic phrases. (SJL)

Outlines 39 multidisciplinary learning activities about the circus, 19 for the primary grades and 20 for the middle grades. (SJL)

The author reviews the importance of creativity training for children and discusses a project in which three types of metaphors (the direct, the personal, and the integrative) were used to foster creative thought. Activities emphasized sensory expression through predivergent, exposure, conversion, postdivergent, and expresson phases. (CL)

The education one gets in school probably is far more dependent on the activities provided there than on the goals schools are asked to achieve. Our views of the quality of school-based education stand to be mightily enlightened by inquiry into life in schools. (Author)

The author describes mathematics activities for gifted children which make use of the geoboard and balance. The problem, solutions, and theoretical backing are provided for determining areas of squares, areas of irregular shapes, the weight of popped and unpopped popcorn, kernels, and liquid mass and density. (SBH)

Suggests that kindergarten children can learn to express themselves through photography, and describes photography-related classroom activities which do not require a camera. (CM)

Techniques for providing interaction of the student with media. Includes development process and specific suggestions. (LS)

The author describes assignments given groups of students doing short videotaped productions. (BD)

How to go about using the public library in learn-it-yourself experiences. (WL)

Presents an action-based technology education activity related to printed graphic communication. Includes objectives, equipment/supply list, procedures, and follow-up activities. (JOW)

Describes the stealth technology used by military forces and suggests student activities for exploring the topic. (SK)

Explains how middle schoolers can learn about the basic types of materials and their properties, how to measure and safely use basic tools, and how to design and construct a prototype and final project using these materials. Includes a design activity. (JOW)

Reviews developments in telemedicine and a number of related areas (telecommunications, virtual presence, informatics, artificial intelligence, robotics, materials science, and perceptual psychology). Provides learning activities for technology education. (SK)

Reviews five children's books that deal with the theme of losing things and the feelings that can accompany it. Also discusses the loss of intangible things, such as talent, concentration, temper, or patience, and presents five creative activities that deal more with the loss of objects. (LRW)