Descriptor
Source
| Science and Children | 9 |
Author
| McCormack, Alan J. | 9 |
| Doi, Gary | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 4 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Showing all 9 results
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1973
Describes a science activity designed to stimulate creative thinking in children. The project, entitled Egg Loft,'' encourages students to devise methods for lifting an egg above 20 feet and returning it safely to ground. A number of the successful devices created and built by children are described. (JR)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1979
An elementary science teacher's technique for stimulating children to think visually, is presented. Through the medium of magic, children are given opportunities to form mental images to explain certain phenomena in science class. (SA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1979
Presents examples of creative humor activities produced by gifted elementary students. These include droodles, create-a-creature, wanted posters, and work machines. (MA)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Education, Gifted, Humor
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1978
Presents an imaginative story to be used to introduce elementary school students to the different properties and uses of "Polyox." Various ideas for using "Polyox" in elementary science are given. (MDR)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1974
Describes a mystery tunnel, constructed by teachers, which provides a variety of non-visual, sensory experiences for children as they crawl through it. It is designed to help primary children develop basic abilities to use their own senses to better observe, discriminate among observations, and describe their own perceptions accurately. (JR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Experience, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1974
Provides an overview of the Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) project. This program has as its rationale the idea that a basic understanding of ecosystems, populations, communities, food chains, and interactions of organisms with the environment is essential in making intelligent decisions about the environment. (PEB)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Field Studies
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1973
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J.; Doi, Gary – Science and Children, 1972
Describes a teaching program that encourages student creativity by stimulating them to invent'' Rube Goldbergian apparatus from discarded materials in creativity kits supplied by the teacher and supplemented by students. (AL)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary School Science, Instruction, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science and Children, 1990
Described is a project which was designed to take advantage of the use of a videocassette recorder to produce science lessons which could be viewed by children and their parents at home. Examples of several home lessons are provided. Feedback for the program is discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Home Instruction
