Describes the use of modern research equipment (electron microscopes, seismographs, and solar telescopes) for education from primary to upper secondary levels in a county science center. (AL)

Outlines the introduction of audio-tutorial (A-T) methods of teaching a general biology course, including facility planning, costs, and problems encountered. Presents data indicating that good students achieved higher grades with A-T than with conventional courses, but lower achievers performed at about the same level with either method. (AL)

Descriptions of programs for training technicians for work in physics, chemistry, and biology laboratories are provided. The origin, organization and mode of instruction used in each program are considered. (AL)

Describes the variety of formal and informal educational programs being developed by zoos and aquariums in the United States and suggests methods of increasing the educational utility of these facilities. (AL)

Illustrates an account of the University of Illinois Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations (PLATO) system of individualized instruction by describing four undergraduate topics. (AL)

Programs in biomedical engineering have been developing worldwide since World War II. This article describes a multidisciplinary program which operates in Yugoslavia through a cooperative effort between that county and the AIBS. A major problem has been the slowness with which hospitals accept the concept of biomedical engineering. (MA)

Describes computer assisted simulation model for studying problems of an ecosystem. Example used is algae-Daphnia-predator system. Problems for students to solve in this ecosystem are described. (PS)