It is essential for today's students to learn about science and engineering in order to make sense of the world around them and participate as informed members of a democratic society. The skills and ways of thinking that are developed and honed through engaging in scientific and engineering endeavors can be used to engage with evidence in making…

This career exploration instructional unit on airport careers is one of several resulting from the rural southwestern Colorado CEPAC Project (Career Education Process of Attitude Change). This unit is designed to help students become aware of the different types of jobs connected with running an airport (e.g., ticket agent, pilot, skycap, traffic…

Provided in the booklet are descriptions of 24 teacher-developed games and activities designed for use with handicapped children. Information on each activity includes name, target population, contributor, objectives, materials needed, directions for making, and procedures for use. Some of the games offered are the "Food Chain" to increase…

Provided in the manual are instructions for the adaptation, utilization, and creation of multi-purpose gameboards for use with handicapped children. Games are seen to facilitate learning through the structuring of experience and the opportunity to learn the consequences of actions without actually suffering these consequences. Explained are the…

Introduces the concept of human simulators, identifies their educational advantages, and describes how the teacher can design and implement this simulation strategy. A model for the development of a human simulator is also presented. (RAO)

Instructions are given for making oil ground, glue gesso, glue water size, oil colors, damar varnish, water colors, encaustic painting, egg tempera painting, etching inks, etching grounds, etching acids, and sugar-lift. (SJL)

If individualized learning is to benefit a large number of students, it must be simple and versatile enough for adaptation and implementation by the majority of classroom teachers. The program components and time allocations comprising the Do-It-Yourself Kit allow teachers to formulate their own individualized learning by selecting from and…

The booklet is a directory to the career education resources of Columbia County in central Pennsylvania and was developed by teachers during an inservice institute. It is the fifth volume of the final report of the institute. The resource persons or companies which appear in the directory are grouped by occupational cluster, then listed…

The document is a compilation of reports made by graduate students in a class concerned with how they as teachers met the needs of their students in courses or programs. The reports examine 10 areas and discuss how student needs are met by (1) cooperative business education, (2) diversified cooperative training, (3) distributive education, (4)…

This monograph is a test of graphing and graph interpretation skills which assesses performance on all the skills of graphing which are contained in the AAAS program, Science - A Process Approach. The testing includes construction of bar graphs, interpreting information on graphs, the use of the Cartesian coordinate system, making predictions from…

Provided is a collection of teacher developed activities for teaching social adjustment skills to elementary school students. Activities are categorized in such skill areas as communication, social, motor, and perceptual; and most include goal or purpose, grade level, and a list of materials needed. (IM)

The guide to planning a consumer education program for K-12 was developed by teachers in a Massachusetts school district during a series of workshops; direction was provided by the results of a parent questionnaire. The document is comprised of a resource guide and three outlines of concepts and generalizations to be developed in consumer…

Career education activities for use at the kindergarten level are presented in the document. Behavioral objectives for the following subject areas are presented: art, homemaking, language arts, math, music, physical education, resource people, science, social studies, and workshop abilities. The bulk of the document consists of activity sheets…

Guidelines for teaching consumer and homemaking education which emphasize actual experiences by the learner are presented. The contents of the document were chosen from learning activities and experiences which were proven successful in the classroom. The guide consists of seven sections: (1) community involvement; (2) consumer decision…

This set of mathematics instructional materials are examples of how a teacher can integrate career education into math. Six topics related to the career education concept are featured. "Sample Math Problems" was written for a class studying about jobs in a bakery, and the problems are ones that would be encountered in a bakery. "Careers as Related…