This booklet brings together in one place some of the new words, symbols, and concepts of SI, the modern international system of metric measurement, now being used in many different subject areas. This booklet is intended to supplement, not substitute for, metric textbooks. It can be used for quick reference as young people prepare to live and…

The purpose of this booklet is to make it easier for the parent to help his/her child learn the metric system. Contents include: (1) answers to most-asked questions of parents; (2) introduction to metric units; (3) converting from one unit to another within the metric system; (4) a reference table; and (5) a chart entitled "All You Will Need to…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance with students at the elementary school level. The goal of this…

Part of a program to develop a comprehensive public service curriculum for Georgia public schools, these ten teacher resource units are designed to acquaint the elementary school teachers with basic information concerning public service occupations. Each unit addresses itself to a specific grade level and each includes an overall goal, specific…

This resource review provides information on a wide range of mathematical aids currently available to teachers in Queensland (Australia) primary schools, and is arranged in the form of a report about each aid. The aids are classified as general aids, specific aids, or games. Each report contains details regarding suppliers and costs, a photograph…

This book is part 1 of a 2-part manual for teachers using SMSG text materials for grade 4. The purpose for each of 5 chapters is stated and mathematical background for the teacher is presented. Detailed lesson plans are then provided, including sequences of statements and questions, activities, and exercise sets with answers. Needed materials and…

This publication is designed as a guide for the instructional program in science for grades 4-6. The first part contains performance goals and conceptual schemes. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of science as content and as process. The processes to be included and outlined are: observing, classifying, communicating, measuring, inferring,…

The need to promote mathematical creativity and suggestions for developing it are discussed in this document. The largest portion of this document consists of a collection of problem sheets, arranged according to 26 content areas. Puzzles, activities, and a variety of problems are included, with an answer key. An annotated bibliography of selected…

This is one of a series of publications designed to describe the development, evaluation and implementation of a model teacher education program for the preparation of elementary teachers. The method of program development described was introduced at the University of Houston, Texas, in 1969-70, but modified to fit the needs of the teacher…

To evaluate a method of content analysis, and as a step toward the specification of a conceptual domain for primary level science, extant instructional programs were analyzed. This paper reports an analysis of the introductory unit and three biological science units of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). The background of the program…

This mathematics curriculum guide of the Fairfax County (Virginia) public schools provides a description of the total program, as well as detailed statements related to objectives of the elementary, intermediate, and high school programs and discussions of individual courses. For the elementary grades (K-6), learning objectives are organized by…

This elementary school science unit approaches environmental education from a humanistic point of view. The stated goals of the program are to establish: "(1) a sanitive use of the environment, (2) a sense of environmental responsibility, and (3) a respect for life." The program format is a series of cards and booklets for student and…

This document is one of six which set forth the mathematics components of the Project SEARCH Articulated Curriculum developed by the Utica (New York) City School District. Each volume deals with a broad area of mathematics and lists objectives related to that area for all grades from K through 12. Each objective listed is described first in…

This teaching module concerns vocabulary as it relates to reading comprehension. Development of an extensive and accurate reading vocabulary is deemed essential for good comprehension. While most children have little trouble with concepts and vocabulary necessary for beginning reading (unless they speak a language which is not of the dominant…

The purpose of this teaching module is to examine materials and methods in the area of reading instruction. Upon completion of the module, participants should be able to (a) explain and give an example of a published program for seven approaches to beginning reading, (b) evaluate four published reading programs, and (c) state which approach they…