University students participated in community environmental problems by investigating junked cars. The students gained experience in problem identification, research design, and field investigation. The students also received sociopolitical experience by presenting their findings to the city commission. (MR)

Provides a brief synopsis of activities offered during a winter ecology course developed for middle school students and their parents. Activities included snowfield studies, building snow shelters, acid precipitation testing, animal tracking, and bird banding. Parent/child evaluation indicated course was successful. (JN)

Described is an environmental education course designed by a university's Professional School of Engineering. The course presents a broad treatment of environmental problems tailored to elementary and secondary teachers with special attention devoted to developing educational kits for incorporation into the regular school curriculum. (JP)