Presents research founded on a socio-ecological approach to environmental education that includes individual and structural aspects of environmental awareness and problem solving. Presents one instrument used in discussions with teacher teams. Contains 23 references. (DDR)

Describes Jigsaw Teaching, a cooperative learning approach, in relation to mineral identification. This technique may also be applied to rock identification. Students work in groups of four and learn to identify 20 minerals, becoming an "expert" on five of them. Helping to teach other students reinforces what each student has learned.…

Highlights the need to make the undergraduate physics laboratory more exciting and commensurate with the time assigned for it in the curriculum. Suggests establishing a model undergraduate physics laboratory at one place then reproducing it in five places for a massive reorientation program for teachers. Contains brief outlines of 30 experiments…

Reports the results of a survey that assesses the breadth of implementation of environmental education in local public schools, the integration of environmental education within the existing school curriculum, and the impact environmental education has had on the school. (DDR)

Presents an activity in which students investigate the chemistry behind color-changing markers. Includes the objectives, materials, procedures, and follow-up for the activities. (DDR)

Presents an activity that demonstrates how a traditional activity can generate questions not typically raised in a conventional course. In the context of astrobiology, students can connect to an intriguing endeavor, the search for extraterrestrial life. (DDR)

Investigates whether United Kingdom (UK) primary teachers are aware of the potential of highly able young scientists and whether they differentiate their teaching accordingly. Questionnaire answers suggest that teachers do use a variety of methods to differentiate their science teaching. There was, however, no correlation between teachers'…

Introduces a laboratory experiment that investigates the key factors in determining the depth or diameter of an impact crater. (YDS)

Traditional ecological knowledge has value not only for the wealth of biological information it contains but also for the cultural framework of respect, reciprocity, and responsibility in which it is embedded. (Contains 48 references.) (DDR)

Reviews textbooks in use in the sixth-form classroom. Reports numerous examples of muddled facts, confusing explanations, and serious misconceptions. (DDR)

Points out how invaluable experiences are in shaping children's ideas about the environment. Discusses the role that literature can play in providing environmental education experiences to children. (DDR)

Presented is a directory of 340 undergraduate engineering and engineering technology programs in the United States and Canada. Each profile includes officers, setting, student population, student support programs, programs for minorities and women, admission and financial aid information, graduation requirements, and program offerings. Information…

Discussed is the teaching of physics with an emphasis on the learning of concepts before problem solving. Examples of this approach are provided. (CW)

Discusses a laboratory course to familiarize mechanical engineering students in the use of electronics and computers. Describes the objectives, laboratory facilities, lecture topics, projects, and laboratory exercises for the course. (YP)

Discusses integrating occupational health and safety engineering topics into existing engineering course work. Describes three models for integration and a procedure to assess the integration. (YP)