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Schaaf, Sherry – Science Teacher, 1995
Discusses activities to investigate rock art in science courses. (MKR)
Descriptors: Art, Earth Science, Petrology, Science Activities
Murphy, Carole – 1983
Teachers at all academic levels can adapt the design and content of the sixth grade Japanese cultural festival detailed in this learning packet. Material is divided into 2 sections. Section 1 provides a step-by-step guide to planning and conducting the festival. These instructions, based on 5 years of experience, include a detailed planning…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Clothing, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
2001
This teacher's resource packet includes a number of items designed to support teachers in the classroom before and after visiting Mervyn's Moving Mission. The packet includes eight sections: (1) welcome letter in English and Spanish; (2) summary timeline of California mission events in English and Spanish; (3) objectives and curriculum links; (4)…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Historic Sites, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts
Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Bakersfield, Ca. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1983
One of a series of activity guides, this publication offers a variety of learning activities and resource materials for intermediate grade students. The activities and resources include: science activities and facts (especially dealing with soil and rocks); mathematics activities; arts and crafts activities (including making a pinata and tree…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Books, Class Activities, Earth Science
Roessel, Robert A., Jr. – 1983
Using archaeological data, written chronicles of Spanish explorers and missionaries, and oral narratives and legends, the book traces the history of the Navajo people to their original homeland, Dinetah, located primarily off the present reservation in an area south and east of Farmington, New Mexico. The book discusses various theories on Navajo…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indians
Labadie, John Antoine – 1991
This paper explored how art history is taught in secondary schools. The author maintained that identifying the origins and evolution of ideas ensures that proposed models of teaching art history adhere to the philosophical base from which they derive. The paper is divided into five sections. In the first part, the author described four categories…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
Thomas, John I. – 1989
Pupils' natural questioning attitudes lead them to discovery in a learning center, in contrast to the lecture method, by which information is forced on students regardless of their interests. This paper describes learning experiences built around rocks. Materials placed in a rock center (rocks, stones, pebbles, magnifying glasses hammers, and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Inquiry
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Topal, Cathy Weisman – School Arts, 1985
Elementary school children are given cards containing specific criteria for doing one or two tasks: sorting or arranging rocks. Sorting tasks involve children in picking out rocks with particular characteristics, such as color or shape. In the arranging tasks children are asked to arrange rocks according to size or value. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Classification, Design
Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Bakersfield, Ca. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1983
One of a series of activity guides, this publication offers a variety of learning activities and resource materials for primary grade students. The activities and resources include: science activities (especially dealing with soil and rocks); word puzzles and other puzzles; arts and crafts activities (including Christmas tree ornaments);…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Books, Class Activities, Content Area Reading
Trede, Mildred – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
This article is a chapter from a book titled "Rock Writing," which emphasizes writing skills for gifted students. It focuses on consumer education with examples from language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. Included are quizzes, open-ended problems, puns, advertising euphemisms, comparison pricing exercises, research problems, and…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Learning Activities
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Provides six library media activities designed for use in connection with specific curriculum units in art, science, and social studies. The activities focus on appreciating Georgia O'Keefe, sound travel, rock identification, Thanksgiving customs, state road maps, and world religions. The descriptions include objectives, grade levels,…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Art Appreciation, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Staley, Rebecca R.; Staley, Frederick A. – 1988
A framework for using the outdoors as a vehicle for providing meaningful language arts experiences is presented in this guide geared toward intermediate students but adaptable for other ages. The introduction outlines goals of language arts instruction and notes that activities conducted outdoors contribute to these goals because they are…
Descriptors: American Indians, Animals, Astronomy, Childrens Art
Tennessee Valley Authority (Land Between the Lakes), Golden Pond, KY. – 1984
Twenty-seven activities have been compiled to assist teachers in incorporating environmental methods and techniques into their preschool curricula. These activities are designed to complement the classroom curriculum and heighten participant awareness and appreciation of environmental resources and relationships. Each activity includes: (1)…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science, Ecology
Bain, Amy; Richer, Janet; Weckman, Janet – 2001
This book provides resources to teachers and librarians for creating thematic units on specific topics targeting grades K-8. Each topic includes key concepts, comprehensive teaching resources, teaching resources (nonfiction children's literature), reading selections (fiction children's literature), science activities, creative writing and art…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Earth Science, Ecology, Educational Resources
Rose, Liz Apak; McDairmid, Jim – 1983
This teacher's guide for a second grade Inuktitut language arts program has 30 units based on concepts in social studies, science, math, and health; and emphasizes development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The vocabulary and unit concepts are based on themes familiar to the children, including ships, plants, rocks, animal…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Class Activities, Elementary Education