Describes the PowerTools Project, a partnership program between schools and research scientists at the University of Texas Health Center. Discusses the beginnings and the scaling up of the project. (JRH)

Discusses interdisciplinary teaching teams as one approach to integrating several subjects in a curriculum. Presents activities for an interdisciplinary unit on energy and the human body that involve science, health, mathematics, music, and physical education. (JRH)

Describes an interdisciplinary investigation of air pollution in a school in which students wrote the proposals, set up experiments, analyzed their data, and formulated conclusions. (JRH)

Presents a lesson designed to help students understand the concept of density. Provides students with a concrete experience to help them understand an abstract concept thereby providing another strategy for learning the concept. (JRH)

Describes a hands-on activity, Hitting the Mark, which is found in the "Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide" in terms of its objectives, materials, background, procedures, activities, and assessment. (KHR)

Presents an interdisciplinary unit on consumer product testing. Introduces students to term bias in predictions and investigates the claims in advertisements with research to make a decision on products. (YDS)

Discusses watersheds and floods. Includes an insert that provides a visual example of many different watersheds, illustrates a flood and different ways that flood plains are developed, and contains activities designed to assist students in learning about watersheds and floods. Lists water resources available on the World Wide Web. (JRH)

Presents a strategy for teaching students about electricity. Uses concrete activities to enlighten students about electron flow, resistance across a wire, and uses of electrical power. (JRH)

Describes the Envision Project to demonstrate how teachers designed and conducted their own study, and presented the results. Identifies project ideas for environmental problems with a site survey through the Internet, aerial photographs, and maps. (YDS)

Describes a project of creating an "Amazing but True!" bulletin board display. Students create miniposters of interesting scientific facts. (PR)

Describes making paper with simple materials. (PR)

Describes making yogurt and extension activities for biology instruction. (PR)

Describes a one- to two-week project where students create a biographical scrapbook to document the life of a chosen scientist. When sources are not easily found, students are encouraged to use their imaginations to create birth certificates, news articles, letters, and interviews. (PR)

Describes types of sand and presents science activities using sand. (PR)

Makes recommendations for new science teachers about what to do in the middle level classroom. Advocates being creative in the classroom and in finding resources. (YDS)