Presents some of the common reasons often heard for not teaching science and some suggestions of possible approaches to meeting the difficulties. (EB)

An instructional technique is described which is considered helpful for freeing a teacher to meet the needs of students who require personal attention at a given time. (EB)

Sixth graders find out the do-it-yourself way of learning pays off when they construct their own instruments in their study of simple machines. Three machines were constructed. (EB)

Stresses the value of encouraging students to question the results of both obvious and the less obvious scientific activities. A simple science activity built on chemical reactions. (EB)

It is suggested that further study into children's attitudes about science must be carried out at various grade levels. Teachers in the multi-grade level classrooms are considered good sources for new insight into the problems of why students' attitude toward science appears to fluctuate. (EB) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in…

Hands-on experiences are encouraged and some examples given to promote discovery learning for the very young. (EB)

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)

Describes exploratory activities for a young child seeking to become acquainted with the world in which he lives. (EB)

Describes the Health and Growth Program for grades K-8 published by Scott, Foresman and Company. (EB)

Discusses an elementary school Design Lab in which students construct musical instruments with little intervention from the instructor. Describes some problem solving situations which arose during the activities, and which provided experience in developing computational and reasoning skills. (MLH)

Discusses the adoption, by the Samoan elementary school system, of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) materials. Lists the SCIS courses being used and described some SCIS experiments performed by the Samoan students. (MLH)

Describes various elementary school activities using a loaf of raisin bread to promote inquiry skills. Activities include estimating the number of raisins in the loaf by constructing histograms of the number of raisins in a slice. (MLH)

Describes elementary school activities in which the students learn to associate the length of a shadow cast by an object with the position of the sun in the sky, thus allowing the students to form an operational definition of high noon. (MLH)

Discusses the fact that when the materials or interactions used as a basis for a science activity posses a high degree of familiarity, the student may rely on past experience rather than on gathering data to use in making judgments. In such cases, a simple request for observed evidence should be made. (MLH)