Presents three science programs developed as special topics courses at one of the two-year regional campuses of the Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Valley. The authors outline these programs in biology, physics and chemistry to illustrate their plasticity for program development and experimentation. (HM)

Discusses the energy/environmental/economics issues that are considered urgent and long-lived. Also describes the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) energy-educational projects and materials such as the NSTA-Energy-Environmental Materials, Energy and Education Newsletter, and the Summer 1976 and Summer 1977 instructional products. (HM)

Summarizes some features of the Science Education Development and Research programs (SEDR) of the National Science Foundation, designed for both the precollege and college levels in an attempt to discover policy trends and current events of interest to college teachers. (HM)