Describes a teacher education program designed to increase preservice teachers' confidence in their ability to instruct elementary children in hands-on science. (Author/MKR)

Surveys the field of humane education and explores its connection with human rights and environmental education. (MKR)

Describes an innovative science program that trains teachers to use their own schoolyards as environmental laboratories. (MKR)

Describes environmental education in Russia, including the Association for Environmental Education (ASEKO), a facilitator for cooperation between ecologists, teachers, and environmental activists. (MKR)

Presents an example of putting environmental education at the heart of schooling, of using the multisensory power of the arts and nature to drive learning, and of participatory democracy as a central concern in the life of the school. (MKR)

Discusses animals as pets in the classroom, including choosing a pet, classroom animal guidelines, and classroom strategies. (MKR)

Discusses doing science experiments on a small scale in order to reduce the quantity of chemicals used in science classes. (MKR)

Presents a script designed to teach students about the extent of global interdependence and the costs in human, environmental, social, and economic terms. Includes questions for discussion, brainstorming suggestions for action, and assessing action questions. (MKR)

Presents the Story Model which helps students to ask meaningful questions and answer them in a systematic way that shows respect for the environment. (MKR)

Success of a tutoring program depends on class preparation, tutor selection, tutor preparation, monitoring by the teacher, and continuous assessment of student progress. Describes the structure of a program in which fourth graders successfully tutored first graders. (MKR)

Suggests ways to translate ideas in the book, "The Story of Z," into data analysis activities in kindergarten and second-grade classrooms. (MKR)

Proposes using cookies (recipe included) and pizza to help Chapter I students, grades two through five, understand basic fraction concepts. (MKR)

Describes data analysis activities for grades three through six using unshelled peanuts. Includes two reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)

This article shares activities that fourth, fifth, and sixth graders can enjoy as they discover relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents, including the 100-penny chart. (MKR)

Using sequential chains of regular n-gons in a row with one side touching, as for example, one triangle, two triangles, three triangles, and so on, students graph the length of the perimeter versus the number of n-gons and determine the functional relationship for different values of n. (MKR)