Six secondary school teachers describe their most successful earth science investigations. They include various outdoor field activities, road-map reading skills, student-prepared and conducted investigations, and use of several materials for studying volcanoes. (JN)

Presents background material on the National Association of Geology Teachers' Best Earth Science Teacher Awards for 1975-76. (SL)

Contrasts to the United States system of undergraduate education are offered to provide insight and suggestions for curricula modification. (DF)

Describes a study, involving high school earth science teachers, to determine if the level of the teacher's questions influenced student achievement. Students of the 20 teachers who tended to use more high level inquiry questions surpassed the performance of students of 20 teachers who tended to use low level inquiry questions. (PR)

Questionnaires were sent to 107 earth science teachers to determine pupil attitude, teacher attitude, teacher preparation, materials used, methods used, and a rationale for continued growth of earth science. (DF)

Discusses a classroom study that assessed the science achievement of a group of high school students after a full year of geologic instruction. Reports that test scores significantly improved and concludes that geology was an effective science achieving experience for the group tested. (ML)

Described are the preliminary results of the project Viking mission to Mars. Included are eight Mars surface photos, each of which includes appropriate questions for students. (SL)

Presents brief biographical sketches and achievements of the 1982 outstanding earth science teachers from each National Association of Geology Teachers region. Also includes list of state winners. (JN)

Provides a list of sources for weather information. (CP)

Describes an exercise in which students calculate distances and heights from a single aerial photograph. The exercise (which does not require stereo photographic pairs) is adaptable to any aerial photograph for which the flight height, focal length, and photo center are known. (JN)