This newsletter, published three times a year, is designed to disseminate information on peace studies activities and programs in colleges and universities. Typical issues include descriptions of many peace studies programs on campuses; continuous listings of people and organizations that welcome materials on existing courses and programs; news of…

A committee was established to better understand and define the physics programs in two-year colleges. Its first task was to select the following working topics: (1) communication and study of the two-year college physics programs and problems, (2) development of modules of instruction for nonscience majors, and (3) use of the computer as an…

"This Fragile Earth" is the theme portrayed in this newsletter from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Since we are being faced with the problem of survival because of the deterioration of the environment, it is suggested that the fragile quality of the environment can serve as a means of impressing upon young people their…

This newsletter is directed at providing assistance in keeping up with curriculum changes at the college level in the biological sciences. Provided are summaries of the biology programs of 47 colleges and universities. The summaries were invited from institutions where curriculum revision was known to be underway. The summaries are arranged…

This is a newsletter for broadcasters, describing drug abuse education campaigns and evaluating radio and television broadcast materials. It is distributed to approximately 5,600 radio and television stations through the cooperation of the National Association of Broadcasters, and is effected through the facilities of the Department of Health,…

The Winter, 1970 issue of CAPS Capsule concerns the concept and structure of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which responds to the need to look at the outputs of education. Frank B. Womer, Staff Director of NAEP, discusses the following: (1) NAEP's origin; (2) the subject areas selected for assessment; (3) the development…

Advances in environmental education by professional and science-oriented organizations are enumerated in this newsletter. An effort is made to describe the work being done by large and representative groups whose headquarters are not located in the Nation's capital and whose principle concerns include curriculum planning and preparation of…

Bulletin number 1 of 17 stated that it will be published at regular monthly intervals. Its purpose is to inform member states, United Nations agencies, National Commissions for UNESCO, non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations of plans for "International Education Year 1970 (IEY)" and coming events. As proclaimed by…

This issue of the American Institute of Biological Sciences newsletter provides information about some new instructional programs tried out at different institutions. These include "Audio-Tutorial Innovations at a Small College,""A Learning Experience in Water Pollution," and "Human Nutrition as a General Education Course…

This newsletter contains over 20 reports of varied educational activities in member European countries. The major entries written in English include a discussion of communication between researchers and practitioners from Northern Ireland, a report on the revision of a vocational education act in Germany, a consideration of unemployment among…

Although this bimonthly newsletter is prepared for teachers in Northern Colorado Educational Board of Cooperative Services (NCEBOCS) member school districts, information is included which would be useful to teachers outside the area. Teacher viewpoints, activities, approaches, and resources are compiled, among other items. The focus is on…

Discussed are the goals of the Advisory Council on College Chemistry and the effect on College Chemistry of termination of National Science Foundation funding. Reported are conferences on (1) the relevance of thermodynamics to chemists and engineers and its place in a chemistry curriculum, (2) new approaches to teaching thermodynamics in an…

This document is a collection of newsletters containing information on environmental education and environmental issues. The newsletters, produced by the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education, contain information concerning programs, materials, and resources related to environmental education. There…