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)

Describes the use of teacher-made discovery kits for use in science activities. Suggestions are provided to help teachers scrounge surplus materials from stores, small manufacturers, doctors and other potential suppliers of free materials. (PEB)

Describes the author's experiences in using individualized or small-group, self-contained learning units (kits) to teach science. Problems encountered and procedures used in the development of these kits are included. (PEB)

Describes several activities using water as an investigative, manipulative, and highly sensory science material for young children. (Author/PEB)

Describes a kindergarten science program, concerning astronomy, designed to introduce scientific concepts into the curriculum at an early age. Specific activities in conjunction with the unit are detailed. (BR)

Describes offering an open science class for the lower grades as an alternative to recess and details the activities that students engage in. (BR)

Describes construction of an inexpensive mini-balance and activities involving small weights and the metric system. (BR)

Describes how to construct an inexpensive microscope that uses a drop of water rather than a glass bead for a lens. (BR)

Describes the use of the "Arcane (mysterious) Can" which is a "tin" can which is permanently sealed, both air- and water-tight, by means of a home canning device. The canning procedure permits the use of a large variety of materials which can not be utilized in the ordinary mystery box. This Can activity is valuable for…

Presents detailed teaching plans for activities with "rubberized" magnets as well as background information and alternative teaching-learning approaches. This activity may be used to develop student skills in inferring and in observing evidence of interaction. Includes instructions for equipment construction. (BR)

Describes activities dealing with the surface tension of water designed to capture interest and raise questions in students. (BR)

Describes the construction of a model to show circumpolar stars. (BR)

Describes how beekeeping became a class project and the educational benefits of the project. Also describes how to prepare a group to maintain its own hive and suggests resource materials. (BR)