Describes a program at Drew University, in which retired scientists receive offices, research space, and equipment in exchange for directing the research of advanced undergraduates. (PR)

Presents a series of activities and a discussion of William Harvey's research to help students understand blood circulation. (PR)

Describes the P- and S-waves associated with earthquakes and presents a game that is a seismic simulation. The object of the game is to locate the origin of an earthquake, which will be a student in the class. The game can be used for all age levels. (PR)

Describes a structure building activity using cocktail straws for helping students understand force and vectors. (PR)

Describes an inquiry lab that helps students discover the chemical nature of enzymes. (PR)

Asserts that science instruction should have students behaving as real scientists. Discusses benefits of high school science research programs for precocious youths. (PR)

Presents three teaching ideas entitled (1) Rearview Mirrors; (2) Chills and Fevers; and (3) Science Activities and the Learner. The second idea presents a poem to help students with the relationship between Centigrade and Fahrenheit. The third idea presents activities on evaporation. (PR)

Students examine the concepts of electrical circuits and switches by building their own alarm systems. Students apply their understanding by creating recorder, window, pressure sensitive, and lunch box alarms. (MDH)

Describes a curriculum development project that took place in the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District. Explains what a curriculum guide is and provides a six-step approach to developing guides. (PR)

Presents an activity that models the work of chemical engineers. Students design, fabricate, and perform mechanical tests on plaster matrix composites and compare the strength to mass ratios of several products. (PR)

Describes activities to help students inductively develop a broad understanding of the nature of science--its process, product, and technological relationships--without going into an in-depth treatment of the history, philosophy, or sociology of science. (PR)

Presents an activity in which students explore the geography, science and technology, and societal issues related to the historic flight of James Banning and Thomas Allen; the first African-American men to fly across the United States in 1932. Provides a lesson plan and a geographic map that traces the flight. (MDH)

Recommends the use of constructivist-based strategies to engage students who are not interested in science using traditional methods. Focuses on the application of these strategies in a laboratory experience exploring gas laws. (DDR)

Explains the use of a constructivist model for engaging students in the curriculum. The student end of the model is characterized by the knowledge, personal experience, degree of motivation, and level of interest that a student brings to a learning situation. (DDR)

Describes how teaching a lesson on the discovery of a crater in the Yucatan Peninsula and the rock strata deep in the ocean can help students explain the demise of dinosaurs. Discusses the impact theory and the core model. (DDR)