An account of what equipment was acquired in order to establish a resource center at Bilston College of Further Education. (HB)

A discussion of the facilities and services provided by the Media-Centre Steinfurt located in Burgsteinfurt, Germany. (HB)

Article describes a California curriculum laboratory where teachers can make teaching aids to suit their immediate classroom requirements. (GB)

Describes the polywater exhibit at the Worcester Science Center in Massachusetts. Curiosity and interest are stimulated in young people by allowing them to handle the materials in the exhibit and by providing them with instructions for making polywater. (JR)

Presents sample laboratory activities designed for use in astronomy teaching, including naked eye observations, instrument construction, student projects, and cloudy weather activities. Appended are bibliographies of journal articles and reference books and lists of films, laboratory manuals, and distributors of apparatus and teaching aids. (CC)

Laboratories for Learning Resourses, instead of replacing or competing with the medical library, should provide a learning environment for medical students, with books, laboratory-lecture presentations, slide-sound programs, films, videotapes, computer models and programs, museum specimens and charts. (Author/PG)

RESA (Regional Education Service Agency), a confederation of several school districts, has been adopted by the Appalachian Regional Commission as a method of pooling resources. (NQ)

How to determine whether the cost of differentiated staffing is proportionate to the benefits that may be realized. (Author)

Specific suggestions for strengthening the curricula and the types of programs in operation dealing with Chicano Studies are offered. (NQ)

Open access to facilities and equipment, both at the college and in community centers can help to broaden the base of education in the whole community. (RN)

An account of the experience of one institute of education which, in light of the James report, seems headed for extinction. (MB)

Describes the operations and procedures of the Florida Educational Resources Information Center, which is an expansion and renovation made possible by a federal grant of the Vocational Research and Evaluation Information Center of the Florida Department of Education. (JM)