Classroom Critters and the Scientific Method.
Do goldfish hide?
Are kittens left-handed or right-handed? These and many other questions will be explored when students
use the 37 behavioral experiments found in this innovative resource.
Focusing on animal-friendly procedures, and using commonly found
classroom pets, each experiment explores the five steps of the scientific
method: Question, Hypothesis, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Sally Kneidel. Fulcrum
Publishing, 1999.
Guidelines for
Physical Education Programs: Grades K-12 Standards, Objectives, and
Assessments.
This resource is for
individuals teaching or developing the curriculum for physical education
method courses, or anyone looking for innovative ways of assessing
objectives in physical education. It
was developed by the Task Force to Development Standards for Physical
Education, Recreation, and Dance. Specific
examples of assessments appropriate for the stated objectives and
standards are provided. Steveda F. Chepko and Ree K. Arnold.
Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
Educating the Heart:
Lessons to Build Respect and Responsibility.
Specifically designed to
help teachers build students’ respect for themselves and others, this
resource is a tool for promoting personal and social responsibility.
It presents over 90 carefully chosen activities in a developmental
sequence, progressing from valuing one’s own identity to appreciating
and participating in the world at large.
Children can learn to celebrate their own culture and
individuality, value others, and work cooperatively.
Frank Siccone, Lilia Lulu Lopez, and Lulu Lopez.
Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
Lesson
Planning: Long-Range and Short-Range Models for Grades K-6.
In this book, the author
shows teachers exactly how to plan lessons and specifies what is expected
of the student or preservice teachers from their first day on the job.
Many helpful tips for good planning, including clear guidelines for
long-range, short-range, and daily plans as well as step by step guidance
on how to write them. This
resource book is designed to be read, written in, planned in, and
consulted on a regular basis. Linda
Karges-Bone. Allyn & Bacon, 2000.
Elections.
This
thematic unit contains ideas
and materials that will help teachers at the primary level to instruct
students about the concepts of selecting our leaders and changing laws.
It connects students to the areas of language arts, social studies,
math and art with individual and group activities.
The culminating activity is a simulated election.
Stephanie Buehler, et. al.
Teacher Created Materials, 2000.
Native
Americans.
This Native
American unit presents a variety of lesson ideas designed for primary
children. At the core of the
unit are three stories; Arrow to the Sun, Rainbow Crow, and The Legend of
the Bluebonnet. Activities
are selected which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of
the book and extending the concepts gained.
In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum through
language arts, math science, social studies, art, music, and life skills.
Cooperative learning is encouraged in many of the activities.
Leigh Severson. Teacher
Created Materials, 2000.
