Suggestions are presented for 23 different hikes appropriate for school grounds and other similar settings. Topics which focus on science processes and skills include, among others, motion, color, shape, size, smells, sounds, trees, litter, and snow. (DC)

Describes the Science Activity Teaching model, which incorporates five teacher managerial behaviors into a model with these subcomponents: focus activity, student instructions, student group activity, synthesizing, and evaluation. This plan provides for the development of fate control, language formation, and social skills. (CS)

Described is a unit on rockets which begins with watching a film and ends with teams of students launching their own rockets. Activities teach students metric measuring, data collecting and graphing, report writing, and calculating, as well as group skills and model building skills. (DC)

Presents position statements indicating the necessity of laboratory experiences for the teaching and learning of science in the elementary school. Three different perspectives are addressed: research, curriculum, and teaching. (DS)

Describes a science program developed by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, "Nature in the City," in which students and teachers learn together about the natural community surrounding their school. Includes program's rationale, list of "adventures," and methods. Discusses strategies of Sherlock Holmes'"adventure" focusing on animal tracks…

Described is one school's approach to elementary science. The program is designed to meet the needs of the gifted and talented students as well as to develop the talents of all the children through an interest-centered approach to science. (CS)

Outlines a lesson plan/strategy for making use of the space shuttle model in the elementary science classroom. (DS)

Suggests using plastic bags as aquaria and terraria. Describes techniques for converting plastic sheets into aquaria, how to set them up for classroom use, and other uses for plastic bag aquaria. (DS)

Describes four activities for the elementary science classroom to help students develop their powers of description, explanation, and prediction. Topics of the activities are spool "gears," crystal comparisons, yeast magic, and clay cargo carriers. (DS)

Suggests ways to organize successful science clubs for elementary school children. (CS)

Provides instructions for setting up an indoor pond for the elementary school classroom. (CS)

An experiment is described relating activities with pendulums to the process skill of controlling variables. Includes materials needed, directions, and follow-up questions for the experiments. Lists five other experiments which could be used to teach the control of variables. (DS)

This is the first of a series of three seasonal environmental learning stations that create a land lab on the school grounds. This article describes the construction of a 10-station nature trail and the related student activities for grade levels 1 through 6. (Editor/SJL)

Through a description of some of the activities which take place in his science classroom, the author makes a strong case for the inclusion of technology, or applied science, rather than pure science in the primary curriculum. (KC)

Presents 26 composition activities that offer elementary students an opportunity to practice expository writing through the preparation of short written or oral reports on scientific topics. (SJL)