Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to determine the feasibility of using a test consisting of a composite of different taxonomic items to evaluate instructional outcomes in elementary science. Subjects were a random selection of 9 pupils of high ability and 9 pupils of average ability from each of grades 2-5 in a…

The second half of a lengthy letter to Dr. Constantine Doxiadis (published in full in Main Currents in Modern Thought, XXV, March-April 1969) summarizes Buckminster Fuller's personal reflections on the impact of industrialization and on the effect of technological change in uniting mankind. (MF)

Contrasts measurements and conceptualizations of the environment employed by environmentally oriented behavioral scientists with those developed by behavior geneticists. For the environmentalist, the environment is multidimensional, dynamic, and transactional, as well as mediated by the individual. By contrast, the behavior geneticist's…

Presents a classification scheme that organizes concentration units (such as molarity) into four logical classes. These classes clearly illustrate relationships and differences between the various units. The scheme is operationally simple to apply and removes the apparent arbitrariness of definitions as normally presented. (Author/JN)

Types of weather phenomena that can be demonstrated in a home bathroom are discussed. For example, if the bathroom is small enough, warm, moist air can be seen accumulating in the upper part of the room after taking a hot shower. (Author/JN)

Emphasizes parallels between mystical and physics concepts and discusses: (1) reasons for possible interaction between physics and mysticism; (2) difficulties with these approaches; and (3) related educational and learning aspects for physics. Concludes that efforts to use mysticism to help understand physics are not justified and offers…

Discussed is the accuracy of three statements commonly used in chemistry books and in teaching chemistry. (HM)

The author notes the growing use of scientific concepts in contemporary experimental novels, as well as the development of structuralism, a method of literary criticism drawing heavily upon the sciences. He suggests that these are valuable trends toward strengthening the bridge between the sciences and the humanities. (Author/SJL)

Describes physics formulas which can be used by law enforcement officials to determine the possible velocity of vehicles involved in traffic accidents. These include, among others, the slide to stop-level road, slide to stop-sloping roadway, and slide to stop-two different surfaces formulas. (JN)

Describes the role of research in designing ScienceWorks, an innovative gallery at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The gallery was constructed on the basis of existing and new research on how children think and learn about science. The gallery is atypical in several respects but perhaps most fundamentally in its overarching agenda to foster…