Student-scientist-teacher interactions provide students with several advantages. They provide opportunities to interact with experts and professionals in the field, give students a chance at meeting a role model that may impact students' career choices, and increase awareness of available career options combined with an understanding of how their…

An eight-point plan to assist aquatic facility managers protect users from accidents and injuries is presented. (MT)

This report provides descriptive data for understanding the status of human services in Greater Phoenix, describes provocative issues that certain populations and providers face, and offers a starting point for determining Maricopa Valley's aspirations for tomorrow's human-services infrastructure. This report describes an array of populations that…

Five stages are suggested as guidelines: legal knowledge, planning, written board policy, applications, and written priority-use policy. (DS)

Discusses the development and history of Glen Echo Park in Maryland--a permanent cultural center on the banks of the Potomac River. (Author/RK)

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has developed an aquatic school program retaining the best of traditional concepts, while developing new concepts in teaching methods, curriculum content, and facilities. (MJB)

Recommendations are made on how communities can cope with the high cost of liability insurance imposed on recreational facilities. Suggestions are also made on maintaining high safety standards at parks, swimming pools, and playgrounds. (JD)

A program is described that provides physical therapy and a wide variety of activities for the handicapped. (JD)

Since a more imaginative playground landscape induces more children to participate in play activities, increased safety precautions must be taken by school and recreational personnel. (LH)

Discusses many popular carnival rides in relation to the physics of their operation. Includes calculations showing the g force produced by various attractions. (CP)

The city of Kitchener, Ontario, has installed a heat recovery loop in one indoor pool, all indoor swimming pools use pool covers, and two have solar heating. Energy is saved in two ice arenas by low-emissivity ceilings, and in the largest arena by a heat recovery system. (MLF)

Most of the shoreline of New Jersey is found along the state's many bays and lagoons. The estuary resources provide recreation areas and fish, bird and animal habitats. The geographic and ecological characteristics of the shoreline are described with sources of educational information about bays. (CM)

The article provides a 30-year perspective on recreation for handicapped people and describes the significant expansion that will take place during the next decade. (SBH)

The key events and conditions that helped form and direct the evolution of the United States National Park System are presented in this publication. Information is organized into three sections. Part 1 is a brief introduction calling attention to the complexity of the National Park System's origins and designations. Part 2, the main body of the…

Discusses seven factors that impact upon the establishment/support of recreation/leisure services in rural environments: scale, recreation economics, community customs/traditions, work cycle, program delivery, focus on family, attitudinal variances. Examines how each factor has been used to justify limiting recreational opportunities and provides…