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This guide is a resource for K-8 teachers, college student tutors, parents, and others engaged in learning activities to help primary, elementary, and middle school students learn mathematics and science. It presents a collection of activities adapted from printed and electronic sources which help motivate student interest in mathematics and science and make learning fun and challenging. Most items used in the activities are found in the home, particularly in the kitchen. Activities are arranged in three grade-level groups: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Each group includes individual activities that closely relate to grade-appropriate concepts from several science disciplines. Each activity has the following components: purpose, materials needed, what to do, questions to ask, brief explanation of mathematical or scientific concepts related to the activity, and extension activities. This publication also includes a list of Web sites and other references for finding appropriate materials for K-8 students beyond the scope of the guide. (Contains 46 Web site and print references. (SM)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert