This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2020), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), that this year had to be transformed into a fully Virtual Conference as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.…

This paper shares my experiences with the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) framework in my university science methods course. Incorporating SoTL not only enabled me to inquire into my own teaching as a scholarly activity but also engaged my students in critical reflections. I used the principles and characteristics of SoTL to design…

Two instruments are described which were designed to provide beginning students with the tools for determining sun-time and the altitude of the sun. Both can be constructed by the student. A simple-to-construct scale is included. Activities are suggested to use with the instruments. (Author/EB)

Several suggestions are given related to the use of student-collected rocks in gaining understandings basic to the later mastery of concepts and principles of geology. Ideas related to language development, classification schemes, observation skills are suggested. (EB)

Discusses activities with magnets and magnetism for elementary students. (SL)

Described is an approach for teaching the concept of mass to elementary students. A method for making simple balances and weight sets is also given. (MR)

A program for sixth graders to participate in a study of outer space utilizing individualized learning experiences and small group experiences. (EB)

Describes activities which utilized a child's curiosity about his body to stimulate scientific interest. (SL)

Science is an often ignored subject in the elementary grades. This article lists and briefly discusses ten suggestions for strengthening and enriching an elementary science curriculum. Among the ways given are science fairs, museums, outdoor learning centers, filmstrips clinics, and school weather stations. (MA)

Describes some of the advantages of an elementary science activity in which students discover that blowing through a straw into a bromthymol blue solution changes the color to yellow. Directions are provided for preparing the bromthymol blue solution. (JR)

Presents a series of lessons, developed to give children the opportunity to construct a classification system for animals and to analyze the classification. Procedural information and suggestions for preparation of materials are included. (Author/EB)

This publication is designed as a guide for the instructional program in science for grades 4-6. The first part contains performance goals and conceptual schemes. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of science as content and as process. The processes to be included and outlined are: observing, classifying, communicating, measuring, inferring,…

An inexpensive, creative learning environment is described. Supplies, method of assembly, experiences to be encountered in its use and additional value for its use are described. (EB)

Suggests that much can be done to improve the quality of science instruction in the elementary school, and by answering a series of questions about elementary science education, attempts to positively infleunce the primary teacher's outlook on the teaching of science. (JR)

Describes how to teach metrication in the classroom and home without spending a lot of money. The study should be on-going and not a unit of instruction on metrics. (Author/EB)