Minibeasts and Ourselves: covers of teacher's books from 1972-1973

Beautiful cover designs for "A Unit for Teachers" books published for the Schools Council by MacDonald Educational Ltd., London, 1972-1973. "Minibeasts and Colored Things" (via The Simonsound)

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This could keep a hauntological record label in album covers for years.
Matt Painter

I smell a new Belbury Poly album cover coming on…
- ben_smuda
  
  Or an old Spiritualized one…
  - http://bbc.co.uk/chinese cycle23
    
    I totally came here to post this. Or Sonic Youth Records label.
  - Clemoh
    
    I still have my CD in the blister pack.
    - Luther Blissett
      
      “I’ve got blisters on my fingers!”
Andy

Top right one looks like the Spiritualized “Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space” album cover https://www.google.com/search?q=spiritualized+ladies+and&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=UggHUc3lDa7viQLq2YDYBQ&biw=1440&bih=736&sei=VQgHUcPKN8XRigLv34HgAw#imgrc=dTei0kfY_cFs_M%3A%3BqSMuT9Zy-ASoGM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fchinquapinrecords.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F11%252Fspiritualized.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fchinquapinrecords.com%252Fblog%252Fa-glimpse-of-the-to-an-article-with-caddywhompus-and-sun-hotel%252F%3B1600%3B1600
L_Mariachi

Everyone beat me to the Spiritualized cover, but all the same, these books look fascinating. Minibeasts? Time? The “Early Experiences” robot is particularly intriguing. TELL ME MORE
- http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher
  
  Apparently I’m the only one who had the same first thought. These books look incredibly fascinating. And even though they’re from the early 1970′s they seem like they’d be good teaching materials even now.
Luther Blissett

Anyone got something on the writing/education value of these? Calling a book for teachers (which is, quite possibly, on arthropods) “Minibeasts”? Given there is a en.wiki entry with this term, I consider this to be widespread when talking to grammar school level kids, but: teachers? Do they need to keep the level that low?
- AnthonyC
  
  Anton van Leeuwenhoek prefers “not so wee animalcules.”
  :-)
  
  In my humble experience, some elementary school teachers don’t know any more than is in their curriculum, when it comes to math and science. My 4th grade teacher couldn’t divide numbers with decimals, she sent me to another teacher when I asked. And we had to do project on electricity – basic circuits, nothing math-y – but do you think she knew about Ohm’s law? Not a chance.