Use ice cream activities to flavor your spring curriculum with fun. (Editor)

Contains selected remarks of William J. Bennett, Secretary of Education, on science education in elementary schools. Addresses the need for a revolution in elementary school science and advocates a hands-on discovery approach to teaching science. (ML)

Explains how a flashlight can be used to introduce a unit on blood, muscles, and bones for elementary science students. Describes activities which focus on anatomical features. Includes a diagram of a paper hand which is used in one of the investigations. (ML)

Provides suggestions for activities that focus on earthworms. Includes observational exercises on earthworms' reactions to light and touch. (ML)

Explains how to establish and maintain a woodland terrarium. Points out how this environment can be used to study animal interaction and can serve as a focal point for learning about a variety of elementary science concepts. (ML)

Presents activities and experiments that can be performed with mirrors to illustrate the nature and behavior of light. Includes diagrams, directives and investigative questions. (ML)

Presents seven fully developed library media activities designed to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in health, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures, evaluation, and followup are described for each activity. (MES)

Provides eight fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in health, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow up are described for each activity. (MES)

Outlines objectives, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up for six fully developed library media activities. Activities use the following topics to teach library skills: (1) drug abuse; (2) notetaking; (3) tales of the sea; (4) ocean animals' habitats; (5) prehistoric animals; and (6) international currency. (MES)

Listed are ways to demonstrate physical and chemical properties of matter and to show electrolysis using an overhead projector. (RH)

Describes a game involving spelling words about animals. Provides a sample of 59 sentences from which words could be used as their letters are held by individual students and they move to form the words. (TW)

Summarizes changes in student achievement and behavior (cross-racial selections) due to the adoption of an activity-based elementary education program (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Classroom Laboratories and Elementary Science Study units) in Springfield, Massachusetts. Emphasis of hands-on experience in mixed-race groups was effective in student…

Describes water-related activities in an elementary school science project. Activities focus on mini aquaria, permanent aquaria, water toys, sea power, imagination, and village ponds. (DH)

Provides background information on characteristics common to all insects, activities, and student materials (ready-to-copy games, puzzles, coloring pages, worksheets, and/or mazes) which describe: how insects are classified; how they are different from other animals; and the main insect characteristics. Activities include recommended age levels,…

Provides: (1) background information on insect adaptations; (2) student activities on this topic; and (3) materials (ready-to-copy games, puzzles, coloring pages, worksheets, and/or mazes). Each activity includes an objective, recommended age level(s), subject area(s), list of materials needed, and procedures. (JN)