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Pape, Bruce; Francek, Mark A. – Journal of Geography, 1992
Describes the creation of a glacial park on a university campus. Suggests that the park is a useful instructional resource that helps students relate classroom material to outdoor phenomena by visualizing and identifying glacial landforms, recognizing their spatial relationships, and understanding how glacial features originated. Offers advice for…
Descriptors: Built Environment, Climate, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Watson, Chris – PEB Exchange, 1997
Details the post occupancy evaluation (POE) process for public buildings. POEs are used to improve design and optimize educational building and equipment use. The evaluation participants, the method used, the results and recommendations, model schools, and classroom alterations using POE are described. (9 references.) (RE)
Descriptors: Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Improvement
Wolfskill, Lyle A.; And Others – 1981
This manual, developed by the Agency for International Development and used by the Peace Corps, explains how to build homes made of earth. Information came from reports, books, and articles from many countries, coupled with research by soil engineers at Texas A & M University. It is presented in the most nontechnical format possible. The…
Descriptors: Building Design, Construction Management, Construction Materials, Construction (Process)
Giegerich & Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1987
One part of a three-part investigation prepared for the Montgomery County Planning Board in Silver Spring, Maryland, this study addresses planning and site planning issues arising from the location of child care facilities in residential settings. The study, which emphasizes homes and centers which care for 7 to 20 children, provides a detailed…
Descriptors: Certification, Community Attitudes, Community Resources, Community Surveys
National Child Labor Committee, New York, NY. – 1980
This guide for establishing and evaluating Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) worksites consists of seven sections. Section 1--the introduction--describes the history and scope of the SYEP and discusses the need for worksite development. Section 2, which deals with identifying community needs, lists eight information-gathering approaches.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Problems, Employment Programs, Needs Assessment
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1968
This student handbook is one of a series of instructional aids prepared and edited by the Department of Agricultural Education at the Pennsylvania State University. Its organization and content were field tested, evaluated and improved by teachers attending summer institutes in landscape horticulture in 1966 and 1967. The content includes problem…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Landscaping, Occupational Information, Ornamental Horticulture
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1968
This teacher's manual is one of a series of instructional aids prepared by the Department of Agricultural Education at the Pennsylvania State University. It include s suggestions and references for the teacher to use with the student manual, available as VT 008 460. In addition to the subject material in the student manual, pages are inserted at…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Landscaping, Occupational Information, Ornamental Horticulture
Erwin, Clyde A. – 1952
This guide to basic principles of school design presents diagrammatic explanation of various developed standards and planning suggestions. The first section schematically develops patterns of school activity for primary, elementary, and high schools. The second discusses organization of activities--(1) contour adjustment, (2) landscaping, (3)…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Dining Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
More, Combs, and Burch, Denver, CO. – 1973
This document reports on a study made to ascertain the feasibility of preserving and restoring all or part of an existing historical site -- the "Tivoli Brewery" -- as a related and integral part of the Auraria Higher Education Center. After investigation of the building's structural integrity, the condition of electrical and mechanical…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Conversion, Building Obsolescence, Cost Effectiveness
Fullerton, Jim; Davis, Scot G. – 1996
A staff member of the Outdoor Adventures Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln relates his experience in supervising the construction of the first low ropes course in Yucatan, Mexico. During 1994, two staff members visited Yucatan to explore trip possibilities for the program and to inquire about a future conference location. While leading…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, College Faculty, College Students, Construction (Process)
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Vocational Instructional Services. – 1983
Twelve informational lessons and eleven manipulative lessons are provided on foundations as applied to the building trades. Informational lessons cover land measurements; blueprint reading; level instruments; building and site planning; building site preparation; laying out building lines; soil preparation and special evacuation; concrete forms;…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Blueprints, Building Trades, Carpentry
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Research Branch. – 1981
The new Riverheights School, constructed by the Brandon (Manitoba) School Board for kindergarten through ninth grade students, was built as a "low-profile" school with an "earthberm" in order to save on heating, vandalism, and insurance costs and to integrate the building into a neighborhood park setting.…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Building Plans, Construction Materials, Costs
Alaska Univ., Juneau. Dept. of Facilities Planning and Construction. – 1976
The University of Alaska, Juneau (UAJ), is the center for the University of Alaska Southeast and includes both a senior college and a community college. Most of the university facilities within the Juneau area are on the Auke Lake Campus, approximately 12 miles northwest of central Juneau. This report delineates the location of the campus, then…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Campus Planning, Demography, Enrollment Projections
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1968
This Teacher's Manual is one of a series of instructional aids prepared by the Department of Agricultural Education at the Pennsylvania State University. It includes suggestions and references for the teacher to use with the student manual available as VT 001 637. In addition to the subject matter included in the student manual, pages are inserted…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Education, Employment Opportunities, High Schools
Marshallton Consolidated School District 77, Wilmington, DE. – 1966
Extensive development of criteria for a given school design is presented for an elementary school pilot project. Descriptive material includes curriculum and site considerations, cooperation with state regulatory agencies on area restrictions, work with educational laboratories, architects and teams of consultants, planning phases and techniques.…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Construction Materials, Controlled Environment, Design Requirements
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