In Clinton, Iowa, some fourth graders have benefited from a different sort of program, setting up what they have labeled their "morgue". Article described how the students brought some excitement to learning about the insides of their bodies. (Editor/RK)

The Laurel Ridge Elementary School has achieved a sense of community and it has done so against distinct odds. Why is Laurel Ridge working? How is it achieving a sense of community? What aspects of community living are evident at Laurel Ridge? Seven criteria demonstrate how it has achieved a good community life. (Author/RK)

A program designed to test the visual literacy of fourth grade students was described. Its basic purpose was to provide many experiences in which children must arrive at evaluative decisions, make comparisons, and use their imaginations. (Author/RK)

Describes a task analysis procedure used by a fourth grade teacher to help her students become more aware of time wasted. (SB)

Four musical encounters that will really work with your kids. These experimental approaches use junkyard finds to create Bottlephones and Pot Chimes, and suggest some unusual forms of musical notation. (Editor)

Students find American History more interesting when they set out to make a movie of the gold rush. (GB)

Author sheds some light on the teaching of ratio in elementary schools. (Author/RK)

Author feels that the new math programs still reflect the too-heavy input of the mathematicians to the comparative neglect of elementary school personnel and cognitive-development psychologists. (Author)

Article discusses the five units of the metric system that are most important for elementary school teachers. (GB)

Describes a unit in which students made speeches to inform, persuade, and entertain. (SP)

Sixth graders discovered the sociological benefits derived from reading newspapers''; specific activities are listed. (Author/SP)

Outlines a teaching sequence to help students move from finger counting to abstract levels of computation. (Author/SP)

A rationale for considering the implications of future trends and anticipating the future,'' and specific techniques for teachers. (Editor/SP)

Discusses the How People Learn'' elective for upper elementary students at Loretto, in Kansas City, in which students experimented and discovered how they themselves learned. (NL)

As a teacher you can make use of a child's everyday environment to provide meaningful, concrete experiences that involve sorting, comparing, matching, and counting. (Author)