“My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy, says a second-grade teac

“My kids really understand solarand earth-heat energy,” says a second-grade teacher in Saugus, California. “Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course.” Theseyoung scientists are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP), aparticular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stagesof city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills, and more.

The children don’t just plan anycity. They map and analyze the housing, energy, and transportation requirementsof their own district and predict its needs in 100 years. With the aid of anarchitect who visits the classroom once a week, they invent new ways to meetthese needs and build models of their creations. “Designing buildings of thefuture gives children a lot of freedom,” says the teacher who developed thisprogram. “They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventionswithout fear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context.In fact, as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program, anelected “official” and “planning group” makes all the design decisions for themodel city, and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser.”

CBEP is a set of activities,games and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving:observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based onthe children's own standards.

1.The Program is designed to        .

A. direct kids to build solarcollectors            

B. train young scientists forcity planning

C. develop children’sproblem-solving abilities    

D. train kids to be futurearchitects 

2.An architect pays a weekly visit to theclassroom to        .

A. find out kids’ creative ideas              B. discuss with the teacher

C. give children lectures                        D.help kids with their program

3.Who is the designer of the program?

A. An official.      B.An architect.    C. A teacher.       D.A scientist.

4.The children feel free in the programbecause they        .

A. can design future buildingsthemselves       

B. have new ideas and richimagination

C. are given enough time todesign models       

D. need not worry about makingmistakes

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.D