Advocates the use of the environment as a learning tool to increase student achievement, motivation, and skills in lifelong learning. Includes a number of tips to assist teachers in taking it outside. (DDR)

Describes a school-hosted, non-residence science day camp. Provides a list of guidelines for planning such a camp. (DDR)

Focuses on a yearlong project designed to strengthen teachers' and students' understanding of plants, equip teachers with inquiry-based teaching techniques, and create a community of learners. (DDR)

Outlines the development of an after school science club in which students find a science topic of interest and create a storyboard through photographs. Includes tips for shooting photographs and equipment suggestions. (DDR)

Explores programs at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Focuses on the museum's preschool program and the hands-on science facility. (DDR)

Recommends the use of puzzles to help elementary school children sharpen their problem solving skills. Describes the use of a Puzzle Day to promote problem solving. (DDR)

Details the development of a professional development program by teachers, for teachers focused on the use of a pond ecosystem. Explores watersheds, water flow, and water composition. (DDR)

Reports on a project by a reading teacher that combines reading and science while debunking the myth of the big, bad wolf. Related activities include making animal tracks, writing, and measurement activities. (DDR)

Describes an environmental education project that integrates science and social studies. Provides a month-by-month account of the curriculum organized by ability level. (DDR)

Provides background information on energy consumption in order to promote scientific literacy about topics related to energy development and consumption. (DDR)

Introduces a science activity on butterflies and their life cycles in which students keep journals of their observations. Explains how to build a butterfly observatory in the classroom. (YDS)

Explains student misconceptions of electricity. Presents a lesson plan on electricity that focuses on how to build a circuit and current flows in serial and parallel circuits. (YDS)

Introduces a four-week environmental education project developed for elementary school students with the cooperation of the college of education and local school districts. Supports student learning in science through inquiry. (YDS)

Describes common aspects of caves, their development, geology, animals that live in caves, and evidence of human culture left on the walls. (YDS)

Presents a workshop on graphing technology that targeted a diverse group of students from elementary and secondary grades. Includes an activity on exploring the relative rates of heating and sections on reading the graphs, practicing with sensors, and plotting 3-D graphs. (YDS)