Elementary Teachers At Play Page 4 College Station, Texas What do rubbing hands smear ed with lotion, putting marbles under a book and turning a piece of chalk to dust on sand paper have in common ? One answer is elementary school instruction, through an activity - centered approach as taught in a science education course at Texas A&M. More than two dozen prospec tive and practicing elementary teachers are checking out the method in the course instructed by Mrs. Helen Weekes. "The objective,” she says, “is to let the child learn by his own experience.” Mrs. Weekes noted the ap proach is characteristic today of Elementary science instruction. Teachers in the class havE taken unusual routes to produce learning experiences through projects handled individually by other class members, serving in this case as the “elementary students.” Before the six-week course ends July 11, each teacher will have set up three projects and instructed the “c 1 a s s.” Four youngsters will meet with them during the last week to provide a more realistic elementary class. Demonstrating how burrowing animals breathe, one teacher packed earth in jars and poured on water that forced air in the dirt to bubble to the top. An other showed increased buoyancy in salt water by floating an egg in a container of water to which salt was added. “Many teachers don't want to do these things in class,” Mrs. Weekes pointed out. “They can be messy. And most classrooms do not have storage space for paraphernalia involved.” Once a teacher has tried the activity-centered approach and seen the child’s response, worth while aspects of the method can be discerned, the A&M instruc tor added. “We’re seeking a behavioral objective, a measurable result in the way a child goes about doing something after such a lesson,” She noted the instructional ap proach induces in the child self- reliance, resourcefulness and ability to recognize and solve problems on his own. “Science is observing a basic process, drawing inferences, mak ing measurements and predict ing results,” she defined. “A lot of us were brought up through a system of being taught facts. Being able to remember facts still provides the measure of success in learning,” Mrs. Weekes commented. “We want these teachers to see the activity-centered ap proach side of the coin too,” she explained. Mrs. Cheryl Mackin used hand lotion, marbles, book, chalk, and sandpaper so her “youngsters” could observe one form of en ergy, friction. FriEtion produces heat, wears rubbing objects down and can be reduced by lubrication or insert ing “ball bearing" marbles. Savings Certificates Of $1,000 or more Now Earn Per Annum Dividends Payable Or Compounded Quarterly Clip this coupon now! Start earning 5 l ^°/° a year on BB&L Savings Certificates. TT 1 #>■***> K 1/ irckot* r\r\ ‘R'R^rT. .Qaxrino’c Earn 5 1 /4% a year on BB&L Savings Certificates of $1,000 or more, six months maturity. Automatically renewable. Dividends payable or compounded quarterly. Or — you can open a con venient Passbook Account with any amount — earn 4 % % a year, compounded quarterly. Passbook Savings compounded quarterly for one year will yield 4.83%. S&H Green Stamps Given with Deposits • One Stamp per Dollar Invested • 800 Stamps Maximum per Account per Day Open my account with check for $ ...enclosed. ( ) Savings Passbook ( ) Savings Certificate ( ) Joint Account ( ) In My Name Only My Soc. Sec. No. is ; Name(s) Address Phone . City Zip BRYAN BJ3l3)I^cfe& LOAN m** year*** 2800 To. A*. Jl», 8/2 0181 Brr.u aw- • v. •; ‘-.r. ‘ v». \ »Ui... t ^ MARBLE ‘BALL BEARINGS’ An elementary classroom technique of explaining friction is demonstrated in a Texas A&M education course by Mrs. Cheryl Mackin. Her “students” used marbles, a bottle cap and heavy book to individually discover that friction, a form of energy, can be reduced between a sliding book and table top by inserting “ball bearings”. NS A Prexy Announces B-CS Secretaries 9 Plans “Plans for the 1969-70 Chap ter Year are already well for mulated for the Bryan-College Station Chapter of the National Secretaries Association (Inter national), although the year has just begun,” according to Chap ter President Bettye Kahan. “Miss Lee Synam, administra tive assistant to General A. R. 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