Descirbes a school district's recycling program of aluminum lunch trays that are collected after their use. The trays are used as scrap metal in industrial education workshop and used for sand castings. (PS)

Describes the approach used in one school to encourage the individual student to assume responsibility for planning and conducting his own work within a prescribed course of study. (AL)

Describes the objectives, intended outcomes, subject matter content, and methods of examining practical and theoretical work in Nuffield A-level biology. Outlines rationale for the organization of the materials produced, justifies using compulsory investigative student projects, suggests procedures for introducing the course and lists relevant…

Describes the content of a televised series of life science programs for junior high school that emphasize the diversity of living forms and provide the opportunity for student data collection and interpretation. (AL)

Describes a teaching technique where students are to describe in detail, identify the unusual aspects of, and then provide an explanation of puzzling events or situations" in terms of previous experience and known scientific principles. Illustrated with examples, mostly chemical. (AL)

Describes an earth science project completed by students in an American school in Saudi Arabia. (AL)

Examines the general background, objectives and organizational patterns of team teaching. Advantages and problems of the instructional approach are discussed. Bibliography. (LC)

The Systems Alternatives Project is an attempt to develop open classroom alternatives within a modular scheduling system. Biology students are given both action and test objectives that emphasize individualization. Structure of the project is detailed and an attempt to analyze the project evaluation data statistically is included. (MA)

Describes individualized and motivational features of a high school chemistry program. The students are given the list of activities with the approximate time for completing them. Tests are given when a student is ready. Advantages and disadvantages of this program are listed. (PS)