Presents activities that allow students in grades three to five to study sound by using children's tradebooks during exploration and experimentation. (JRH)

The purpose of this article is to suggest a research-based systemic plan for educational researchers, practitioners, and policymakers involved in the change process to implement successful technology integration in the context of teacher education. This article provides a background about reform efforts in science education in the United States in…

Describes how beekeeping became a class project and the educational benefits of the project. Also describes how to prepare a group to maintain its own hive and suggests resource materials. (BR)

Simple soap bubbles can be used to have children make educationally valuable discoveries about how materials behave, what their properties are, and how they can be used or changed. (Author/BB)

Describes care and feeding of Anoles (chameleons), including suggested classroom activities. (BB)

Ideas are presented for demonstrating the kilometer to school children. (BB)

Elodea is an attractive plant, well suited for classroom aquaria. This article describes the collection, care, and maintenance of this plant. (BB)

Rain observation activities are described for preschool and lower-elementary children. (BB)

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

Provides: (1) background information on insect metamorphosis; (2) activities focusing on insect life cycles and how insects change from egg to adult; and (3) student materials (ready-to-copy games, puzzles, coloring pages, worksheets, and/or mazes). Each activity includes objective(s), recommended age levels, subject area(s), list of materials…

Offers various strategies in which students use fingerprints to help sharpen their science process skills. Includes directions for making fingerprints using just ink and paper and suggestions for additional activities. These include making "prints" from other body parts and from such objects as automobile tires. (JN)

Explains how and why mirages are formed. The three basic types of mirages (inferior--seen below an object, superior--seen above an object, and the fata morgana--which occurs when inferior and superior mirages coexist) are considered. (JN)

Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult. Children watch and nurture a magical metamorphosis. (Editor)

Frequent spring showers provide many opportunities for rainy-day walks and playground activities. Examples of indoor and outdoor water-related activities are provided. Children could study ripples outdoors by dropping objects in puddles. Rain water could be collected in containers of various shapes and studied indoors, introducing students to…

Suggests using "fasteners" as the basis of activities for nursery and kindergarten children. Fasteners include those worn by children (buttons, zippers, belt buckles, shoe laces, and others) and those used in such areas as art. A "fastener walk" is also suggested to observe such fasteners as hinges, clothespins, and others. (JN)