Describes the construction of elliptical gears as a means of sparking student interest in power transmission. (GR)

The author discusses some new processes in metalcasting (high density and flaskless molding, chemical molding systems, the V-process, and investment casting) and ways to include these processes in career and industrial education curriculums. (EA)

The need for and establishment of a program to train students in building scale models of various kinds of constructions is described. (AG)

The cast metals program, a two-year associate degree program, at Muskegon Community College, Musegon, Michigan operates in close cooperation with the local foundry industry to provide a background for entry-level technical jobs and for continued studies toward a four-year degree. (EA)

Training for a career in the new technologies of plastics is traced through appropriate junior high school and high school level courses and on through college plastics technology programs. (EA)