Describes an easy, inexpensive way for students to create photographic prints without a camera or film. The prints, or photograms, are made by placing objects on photographic paper, exposing the paper to light, then processing it. For a class of 25, the project costs about $1.50 per student. (SM)

Discusses the biodiversity crisis. Presents a simple invention to examine and photograph fish. (ASK)

This article describes the importance of examining the internal, original, and external context of a photograph. The article concludes by showing how students can be helped to understand internal context. (JDH)

This article describes how a secondary teacher used a camera to photograph his students while working on one- and two-point perspective. It is maintained that the use of the camera provided a new regard for the students and a new respect for what both they and the teacher were doing. (JDH)

A technique for demonstrating the negative-positive relationship in photography without a camera or darkroom is described. (RM)

Presents guidelines for cropping photographs for student publications. (JL)

Highlights six photographic errors that are commonly found in yearbooks and urges that photos be double-checked in the darkroom. (HOD)

Offers steps for setting up a photojournalism curriculum in a high school. Offers seven tips for the teacher, a sample grading system, and a curriculum guide with instructional goals. (PRA)

Discusses ways to evaluate students' photographs, offering descriptions from a number of professors and professionals of their approaches. Includes an evaluation exercise, a photo assignment sheet, and three critique or grade sheets outlining criteria for photo evaluation. (SR)

Draws on the complementary processes of writing and photography. Suggests a theory and method of instruction employing visual and metacognitive strategies to aid students in discovering unseen details and meaning when writing descriptive prose. (RS)

Describes projects and learning activities on photography that are useful for elementary and secondary school teachers. Highlights include Web sites; workshops; two specific projects; lesson plan sites on the Internet; photography contests; and trends relating to photography. (LRW)

Discusses the use of digital cameras in school library media centers and offers suggestions for teachers and students in elementary schools. Describes appropriate image-editing software; explains how to create panoramas, screen savers, and coloring books; and includes useful tips for digital photographers. (LRW)

This article discusses a project about birds and their nests undertaken by 3- to 5-year-olds in a preschool class in Florida. After a description of the center and the goal of the project, the three phases of the project are presented. Reflections of the teachers and photographs taken for documenting the project are also included.

The author describes teaching eighth-grade students about the civil rights movement. Teachers used photographs of students in the 1950s as a central theme of their unit about the U.S. civil rights movement. Using these photographs as a learning tool inspired the students to be engaged in history. At the end of the unit, students were able to…

This article discusses the procedure, historical development, and applications of holography, and discusses the feasibility and value of implementing a unit or course of study of laser holography into an existing photography laboratory and curriculum. An equipment and supplies list, giving supplies and cost, is included. (CT)