Discusses an orientation to the local environment as the lens through which to detect global change. Discusses how students can relate to a structure that includes the intertemporal, interspatial, intergenerational, and interspecies realities of place leading to a comprehensive view of biology. Discusses the existential tensions intrinsic to…

Describes a program utilizing grant money for a marine education project in a Floridian coastal elementary school. (PR)

In England the National Curriculum does not specifically mention the excretory system at key stages 1 and 2. Research by Reiss and Tunnicliffe (2001, 2002) has shown that children's knowledge of the organs and organ systems in their bodies increases with age but remains incomplete, even at maturity, unless they specialise in studying biology. The…

Describes the unusual atmosphere of a college-level classroom for prospective science teachers. The professor captures the interest of the many school children who visit the room which contains a variety of live and preserved specimens. The idea is described as the room approach to teaching science. (EB)

Discusses formative evaluation (those evaluation activities carried out while a curriculum is still being developed) and relates this to the development of the Individualized Science (IS) program at the University of Pittsburgh. (PEB)

This activity book presents reading activities for grades 4-7 exploring the mysterious creatures of the deep sea. The creatures include: angel sharks; argonauts; barberfish; comb jelly; croakers; electric rays; flying fish; giganturid; lantern fish; narwhals; northern basket starfish; ocean sunfish; Portuguese man-of-war; sea cucumbers; sea…

Des cribes the techniques for collecting and maintaining the eggs of frogs and toads (JR)

A PARTIAL LIST OF NATURE CENTERS AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DIRECTORY. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION DESCRIBES THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE FACILITIES INCLUDED IN TYPICAL CENTERS. TYPES OF CENTERS INCLUDE MUSEUMS, NATURE SANCTUARIES, ARBORETUMS, CAMPS, AND LABORATORIES. ITEMS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY…

This handbook is designed to help classroom teachers to develop outdoor education programs. Discussed are the place of outdoor education in the curriculum, and the provision and use of outdoor areas. The section "What to Do and What to Look For" gives many suggestions for student activities uder the headings "Land or Terrestrial…

The introduction emphasizes the need for environmental and conservation education, and advocates an inquiry approach. Outdoor resources available to every school are listed. Detailed suggestions are made for investigating cement and concrete, cockroaches, earthworms, elm trees, and owls. In each case general background information and a list of…

This booklet, compiled by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, lists behavioral objectives for biology in grades 4-6. The major areas of biology objectives presented are relations among plants, animals, and the environment; identifying and classifying plants and animals; and structures and functions of plants and animals. Each major…