Describes a miniscience unit on frogs for elementary grades that teaches students about how frogs develop from tadpoles and how frogs need water during their entire life cycle. Students learn such skills as observation, collecting, and recording data. Provides addresses for ordering resources for teachers and students. (SM)

Suggests that the use of anthropomorphic statements are appropriate when dealing with children operating at the preoperational and concrete levels. For these children anthropomorphic formulations are not only natural, but actually aid comprehension of the world theyobserve. (JR)

THIS SOURCEBOOK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE UTILIZATION OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS TELECAST OVER A STATE EDUCATIONAL NETWORK. PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCES WHICH THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE AND STIMULATING THEM TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES WHICH THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE DO ARE MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THE…

In this series of booklets, eight Florida animals describe their appearance, habitats, food, behavior, and relationships with humans. Each entry is written for elementary students from the animal's point of view and includes a bibliography. Contained are the life stories of the bald eagle, black bear, Florida panther, gopher tortoise, Eastern…

THIS BOOKLET WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHER USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE STUDY UNIT "MICROGARDENING." IT CONTAINS DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING CULTURE DISHES AND TUBES OF NUTRIENT STERILE AGAR FOR FUNGAL AND/OR BACTERIAL GROWTH. IT INCLUDES (1) LISTS OF NEEDED SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, (2) DIRECTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION AND…

This programed text, designed for upper elementary and middle school students, is intended to give students a basic knowledge of invertebrates. Students are expected to be able to identify, name, describe, classify to phylum, and draw animals studied in the text when the unit is completed. A pretest, a series of quizzes and are provided. The…

These three booklets are outlines of teaching procedures, using living material, designed for elementary school children. While emphasizing science, many opportunities are provided for exercises in mathematics, art, and writing, thus integrating the curriculum. All booklets contain exercises on data collection and organization; two have exercises…

Twenty-four activities suitable for outdoor use by elementary school children are outlined. Activities designed to make children aware of their environment include soil painting, burr collecting, insect and pond water collecting, studies of insect galls and field mice, succession studies, and a model of natural selection using dyed toothpicks. A…

Contained are instructional materials developed by the Science Project Related to Upgrading Conservation Education ("SPRUCE"). It is designed for use with the SPRUCE "Discovery Box" and contains twenty-one sets of investigations based on the twenty-one packets of specimens in the box; three sets are recommended for each of…

This manual was prepared for a teacher workshop in marine science. It includes information on when, where, and how to collect marine mollusks, and how to prepare a shell collection; a partial key to the classes, subclasses, and orders of the mollusca; notes on the ecology and physiology of marine bivalves and snails, and recipes for solutions…

Suggestions for methods of teaching the science material included in grades three and four of the elementary school curriculum of the Education Department of Victoria are illustrated by descriptions of successful teaching episodes, particularly when science activities have served as an introduction to written expression, applied number, and social…

Illustrates what children can learn about ecology from observing trees in winter. (BB)

This is an activity suitable for preschool and lower-grade elementary children. It involves growing mold on bread, fruit, and vegetables. (BB)