Describes why and how science should be taught in the primary school, with particular illustrations for the first grade. Emphasis is given to helping children develop their rational powers, become acquainted with their environment, and develop their observational and descriptive skills. Children in the primary grades learn from manipulating actual…

Described are activities that are designed to help elementary children understand the possibility of the particle theory of matter. Children work with beads, marbles, B-B shot and sand; by mixing these materials and others they are led to see that it is highly possible for the existence of particles which are not visible. (BR)

Suggests that preschool science programs should be creative, manipulative, investigative, and should grow out of a permissive interaction with the environment that surrounds the child. (BR)

Presents a unit of study on the moon and the teaching method used with a sixth grade class. Students were involved in many aspects of scientific investigations; individual differences were met in a variety of ways. (BR)