The language problems described here concerned undergraduate college science courses taught by foreign Teaching Assistants, whose students claimed they could not understand their instructors' English. Upon investigation it was clear that a standard course in English was not sufficient to deal with the communication problems caused not only by…

Curriculum needs of Navajo Indian children are identified. The listings were developed by committees through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. School curriculum needs are indicated for the following areas: art, guidance, health, language arts, mathematics, music, science, and nature of the learner's adult society. The creative growth and informational…

Summarized are the proceedings of the third annual conference of the Federation for Unified Science Education (FUSE), held in December, 1968. Includes are brief summaries of reports on unified science programs at Millburn Senior High School, New Jersey; Monona Grove High, Wisconsin; Barringer High, Newark, New Jersey; Tamaqua Area Senior High,…

"Science" is the fifth manual in the Bridge-to-Reading series, a comprehensive, year-long reading readiness curriculum for use with 2 1/2 -- 6-year-old children. Developed to help teachers and child caregivers, the curriculum teaches readiness skills through other subjects that are appropriate for young children. A major objective of the…

The purpose of this project was to develop and test the effectiveness of relevant and functional general biology laboratory experiences based on the various media with which the student came in day-to-day contact. The review of the literature pertaining to the development of innovative general biology laboratory procedures for the college level…

This publication presents four science curriculum units designed to meet the learning problems of students with special language handicaps. The materials are written in both English and Spanish, and deal with topics in biology suitable for students in grades 7 through 11. All four units were classroom tested during 1970-1972 in the Calexico…

This course entitled "High School Biology: Introduction" is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of six units of study, and 26 behavioral objectives relating to these units are stated. Also included are a brief introduction and an annotated list…

Curriculum change and the dynamics of this change were explored by means of a case study of secondary social studies, science, and vocational education curriculums in Gary, Indiana, between 1940 and 1970. The time period is characterized by both unprecedented effort to produce change and slow change in the schools. The study asked how this could…

Included is a set of five teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) for individualized instruction in topics in biology. The units cover the topics of individuals and populations, communities and ecosystems, diversity, plant functions, and animal functions. Each unit contains a rationale for the material; a list of behavioral objectives…

Included is a set of five teacher-prepared Learning Activity Packages (LAPs) for individualized instruction in topics in biology. The units cover the topics of genetic continuity, methods of investigation, cell biology, genetics, and animal physiology. Each unit contains a rationale for the material; a list of behavioral objectives for the unit; a…

This course entitled "Biology" is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of 11 units of study, and 45 behavioral objectives relating to these units are listed. The topics covered include observation, measurement, scales and magnification, the…

This course entitled "Desert Biology" is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of seven units of study, and eight behavioral objectives relating to these units are stated. The topics covered include the selection of a study site, a climatic…

This course entitled "Chemistry" is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of three packages, the first dealing with solids, liquids and solutions, the second with acids, bases and anions, and the third with cation analysis. These packages are…

This handbook has been prepared as an aid to teachers, supervisors, and administrators as they select and organize science programs in the elementary grades. It has been organized around six large subject areas: living things; our growing bodies; air, water, and weather; the earth and its composition; the solar system and beyond; and matter and…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs and is designed to give children direct experience with sensing activities: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. Objectives for each activity include both those involving student values and scientific processes. Most activities require…