This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. This unit, designed for third- and fourth-grade students, emphasizes cycles and focuses on the water, oxygen, and nutrient cycles. The eleven lessons in this unit are designed to take one-half to one hour each. Use of the extra activities would…

Research findings on children's understanding of fractions, gleaned from interviews, are briefly noted. (MNS)

Some strategies for avoiding misconceptions about the greatest common factor and the least common multiple are presented. Several alternative methods for computing each are given. (MNS)

A new version of a standard old problem is presented. Ways of solving, extending, and continuing the problem that make it applicable to many grade levels are discussed. (MK)

Six games designed to help students learn about money are described. (MK)

Ways to use popsicle sticks as concrete models of multiplication and division of fractions are given. (MK)

An activity for generating approximations of pi is described. (MK)

A fifth- and sixth-grade project is described that requires each student to build a bridge to specified dimensions using only specified materials. (MK)

The author feels teaching division of fractions is worthwhile because it will help students understand other algorithms. (MK)

Four worksheets appropriate for various grade levels 1-8 that can be used to provide experience in classifying numbers according to various attributes are given. (MK)

The multiplication and division algorithms that are taught in German schools are presented. It is suggested that these algorithms may be better than standard algorithms in terms of development of useful concepts and processes. (MK)

Looks at teachers' reluctance to engage in self-assessment, and the consequences in terms of public attitudes and policy. Includes a checklist of professional behaviors. (ET)

The teacher's guide for unit four of a Spanish science/math strand for second graders contains instructional and assessment activities for kits 13-16. Each designed for a two- to three-week teaching period, the kits' activities are geared toward guiding the child to discover correct answers through methods provided and, by putting materials in his…

One of a series of three K-6 guides developed under the K-6 Teacher and Counselor Competencies in Career Education Program, this guide contains a section for each of the K-2 levels (Readiness, First Experience Level, and Second Experience Level), each encompassing the two career education components: Subject Matter Areas (to reinforce science,…

This guide to the Latch Key program for after-school day care explores rationale and methods for developing Latch Key programs in the public schools to provide low cost after-school care for children (grades 1-6) of working or student parents. (Some programs have been provided for kindergarten children and some have been expanded to full time…