Describes the computer system and potentiometric titration as a simple experiment to illustrate several advantages and pitfalls in using the small computer in laboratory instruction. (Author/JN)

Discusses several areas to be considered in designing a faculty development program in the physical sciences, including needs, types of programs, instructional development, and personal and professional development. (CS)

Describes the Program for the Advancement of the College Teaching of Science (PACTS), which provides a sabbatical leave opportunity for college professors to study pedagogy. (CS)

Lists equipment and materials needed and procedures for analyzing soil, in which secondary school students experience practical applications to acid-base reactions, pH, oxidation-reduction, precipitation and solubility. (CS)

Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in the areas of faculty development, teaching assistants, and teaching strategies. A bibliography of 16 presented papers related to these topics is attached. (CS)

Discusses concept of covalent bonding as related to homonuclear diatomic molecules. Article draws attention to the existence of bound rare gas and alkaline earth diatomic molecules. Summarizes their molecular parameters and offers spectroscopic data. Strength and variation with distance of interatomic attractive forces is given. (Author/SA)

Questions are analyzed from various ACS-NSTA High School Chemistry Tests. Results show more than 50 percent of test questions deal with only six concepts and 70 percent evaluate aspects of only nine concepts. Results may be useful to teachers of college preparatory chemistry regarding subject matter and math operations. (Author/SA)

Describes an undergraduate organic chemistry course at Colorado State University that employs student-designed laboratory procedures in the laboratory. An outline illustrating the use of this approach is included. Advantages over the traditional approach are detailed. (BT)

Describes the latest stage in the design of an economical dielectric constant cell, tested in both instructional and research applications, that is suitable for student laboratories and for precision research measurements. (BT)

Expresses concern by chemists at Oakland University about the hazard of toxic substances, particularly as this concern is not shared by nonchemists in the occupational safety and health fields. Describes a four-year curriculum focused at producing occupational health generalists with a firm scientific foundation. (CS)

Discusses various methods the author has used in high school chemistry classes to maintain interest and keep grades at an acceptable standard. Integrated within the curriculum are research projects, library research, creative work, laboratory write-ups; a two-level curriculum is provided for nonscience and science majors. (CS)

Three demonstrations are described: (1) a variation of the iodine clock reaction in which a cassette tape recording of the William Tell Overture accompanies color changes as solutions are mixed; (2) a crystallization demonstration using sodium acetate; and (3) lecture-demonstrations creating colored colloidal dispersions from clear solutions. (CS)

Provides a list of the reactions commonly used for introductory kinetics studies. These reactions illustrate the kinetics concepts of rate law, rate constant, and reaction order. Describes a kinetic study of the hydrolysis of 3-bromo-3-phenylpropanoic acid which offers many educational advantages. (CS)

An integrated physical science course of approximately 40 instructional hours for eighth graders is described. The materials and text were prepared in accordance with the overall program for secondary school science drawn up by the Israeli Ministry of Education. (Author/MK)

Presented is a description of a technical laboratory-oriented science course dealing with the science of enology or wine-making. Experiments and the distillation apparatus are described. (SA)