Short articles describing a model of protein synthesis, a simple constant temperature incubator, techniques for determining the age structure of populations from qualitative characters, an experimental demonstration of proteolytic enzyme action, and apparatus for demonstrating hydrotrophic response of roots and for measuring photosynthetic rate of…

Short articles on a demonstration of enzyme action, models of mammalian circulatory systems, measuring the height of trees, the ecology of the African amphibian Xenopus under natural conditions in England, experiments with liverwort gemmae, investigations using stick insects, and a culture medium for Paramecium bursaria. (AL)

Outlines simple statistical procedures that may be effectively used in several ecology exercises suitable for secondary school science classes. (JR)