Provides twelve instructional objectives useful in structuring a woodworking center for young children. Suggestions for field trips and further activities are included. (CS)

Describes an elementary school project utilizing colonial objects, activities and questioning techniques to teach social studies. (LS)

Describes various elementary school activities using a loaf of raisin bread to promote inquiry skills. Activities include estimating the number of raisins in the loaf by constructing histograms of the number of raisins in a slice. (MLH)

Discusses three kits developed by museums in British Columbia for use in rural classrooms. The science kit on marine biology consists of modules which included specimens, books, audiovisual materials and student activities. (BR)

Describes the use of the "Plant Wheel" by the University of California Botanical Garden as a means of providing elementary school children with a structured activity as they explore the Garden at their own pace. This activity accommodates the children's curiosity, energy, and attention span. (JR)

Discusses ways in which teachers can improvise with common household objects and thus avoid the expense of purchasing new science materials. (JR)

Describes the Health and Growth Program for grades K-8 published by Scott, Foresman and Company. (EB)

Data are given from which one can plot the planet's positions and movements. A star map is included.(EB)

Describes the construction and use of this simple apparatus designed to illustrate the phases of the moon. (BB)

Suggests a series of science activities in botany for the elementary school classroom. Contains suggestions on the care and propagation of the coleus plant. (CP)

The distribution, nesting and brooding habits, and migration patterns of the wood duck (aix sponsa) are described. (CP)

Numerous science and mathematics activities which can be performed with sporks (plastic spoon-forks) that are packaged in cellophane with a napkin and a straw and distributed with school lunches are described. (CP)

Using winter snow, kindergarten students can explore the properties of water. Students demonstrate melting, freezing, expansion, and evaporation through a number of activities involving a paper cup and a scoop of snow. Procedures and student reactions are described in detail by the teacher-author. (MA)

Discusses procedures for selecting textbooks. Provided are guidelines for reviewing textbooks, analyzing content, and analyzing strategies. (SL)

Discusses the roll of playing with various materials as young children investigate their world. (SL)