This publication represents a model for the Natural Science Education Curriculum for kindergarten and grade one in Delaware's schools. This guide is meant to serve as a minimal standard for natural science education, but at the same time strives for maximum output of the natural science program. The guide is based on the processes of science…

This publication includes curriculum materials on animals for grades K-4. The major purposes of this publication are to foster individualized and interdisciplinary science and art activities within elementary classrooms and to provide pupils and teachers with suggestions to encourage the use of zoos, animal parks, and natural history museums.…

This publication includes curriculum materials on animals for grades 4-6. The major purposes of this publication are to foster individualized and interdisciplinary science and art activities within elementary classrooms and to provide pupils and teachers with suggestions to encourage the use of zoos, animal parks, and natural history museums.…

Presented is the New York State guide, for elementary teachers, for the humane treatment of animals. Material is divided into three levels by age: 3-5, 6-8, and 9-11. Included are five topics: house pets, treatment of animals, animals in their natural environment, treatment of animals in school, and open discussion topics. Each topic includes…

Presented are science units for kindergarten and first-grade classes which include one or more non-verbal test items constructed to determine whether the student has learned the material presented in the unit. Units include: light, senses, gerbils, beans and peas, animal activities, and hatching chicks. (SL)

This document provides a materials guide containing annotated bibliographies of literature for teachers and students, a film guide, and a curriculum materials guide for educational sources relating to hunger, food, and the world food crisis. Materials span the range from pre-school to grade 12. (SL)

This guidebook is designed to assist elementary grade teachers in following an outdoor education curriculum developed in Wausau, Wisconsin, though the activities are applicable to most areas. The book contains outlines of materials and lessons to use and evaluate so that a final guidebook can be produced that will be of the most use for teachers.…

This unit focuses on the concept that populations of marine organisms are unevenly distributed. It is designed for upper elementary and secondary school students and will take 6-10 class periods. Students become involved in identifying various causes of the uneven distribution of marine populations, especially that of the menhaden population.…

Presented is a science activities in energy package which includes 16 activities relating to electrical energy. Activities are simple, concrete experiments for fourth, fifth and sixth grades which illustrate principles and problems relating to energy. Each activity is outlined in a single card which is introduced by a question. A teacher's…

The purpose of this guide is to provide information about instructional techniques, course offerings, evaluation methods, and science budgets relating to science programs in Connecticut schools. The information in the report is divided into the following nine sections: a philosophy for the teaching of science, instructional patterns, science…

This publication represents a model for the Natural Science Education Curriculum for grades two through four in Delaware's schools. This guide is meant to serve as a minimal standard for natural science education, but at the same time strives for maximum output of the natural science program. The guide is based on the processes of science…

This guide is designed to provide teachers (grade 2) with a ready resource for planning, organizing, and teaching science to the elementary child. Many suggested activities will provide an enriched science program. Each unit lists estimated time, content, concepts or "understandings," problems to deal with, activities, suggestions for…

This autoinstructional unit deals with the study of botany with emphasis on a specific tree. It is suggested for use with lower-middle level achievers in the intermediate grades. No prerequisites are listed. The behavioral objectives are given. The script presented is accompanied by an objective sheet, a test, test answers and a vocabulary sheet.…

The status of metric education at the elementary school level is discussed in this paper. Elementary school curriculum, instructional materials, communication, scope and sequence, metric terminology and usage, teacher training, and educating the adult population are briefly covered. Metric implementation in the United States is summarized for each…

Discusses how school grounds can be used as a resource to relate textbook concepts to everyday life and to understand interrelationships which exist in the outdoors. Possible school ground learnings considered include topics related to weather and weather prediction; changes (aging, growth, decay); geology; temperature; water; and recycling. (BC)