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Integrated Science Unit : Small Creatures : Spiders And Crickets, Pamela S. Olsen
Integrated Science Unit : Small Creatures : Spiders And Crickets, Pamela S. Olsen
Graduate Research Papers
This instructional development project integrates the language arts and the science areas. The science content is small creatures, specifically, spiders and crickets, from the first grade curriculum. A rich learning environment is provided through a literature base, representing the different genres and related expressive activity. The unit is presented through teacher-directed activities and learning centers that off er many options from which children could select experiences.
The goals of the program are to give children more control over their learning and to extend children's thinking-language abilities by capitalizing on the common processes of the language arts and science areas and …