Describes the grassroots approach of the California Scope, Sequence and Coordination Project that was designed to achieve widespread and persistent change in public school science education. (PR)

Describes a program utilizing grant money for a marine education project in a Floridian coastal elementary school. (PR)

Describes the effects of thigmomorphogenesis, the mechanical stimulation of plants, and how to engage biology students in a study of this unusual plant response. Focuses on an exploration of the effect of wind on a particular plant variety. (DDR)

Argues that insights from scholarship in the sociology of science can provide a powerful basis for making science education more authentic and inclusive. Describes how adopting sociological ideas can provide unique opportunities for students. Contains 46 references. (DDR)

Explores the issue of physics laboratory work for engineering students and discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of a laboratory program developed for first year engineering students. (DDR)

Discusses the background of a specialty high school in Monterey Bay, California focusing on oceanography. Describes the collaborative research relationship that exists between the school and the scientific community. (DDR)

Provides direction for writing for publication. Focuses on the process and on writing for this particular journal. Discusses query letters, colleague critique, and revisions. (DDR)

Describes the development and implementation of computer-based multimedia techniques in organic chemistry courses. Provides technical details and some examples of student perspectives on the use of this technology. (DDR)

Offers insights into the gap between objectives of the National Policy on Education and the development of more meaningful and relevant school science materials based on interviews with curriculum developers/textbook authors at the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in New Delhi, India. (AIM)

Argues that biology students learn how to write effectively from biologists who write well. Presents a picture of a writing curriculum interwoven with a biology curriculum. Includes course-specific writing tasks. (DDR)

Discusses the development and implementation of two case studies based on local chemical industries for the Israeli high school chemistry curriculum. Also includes two types of professional-development experiences. Contains 16 references. (DDR)

Provides basic information on discipline-based art education (DBAE), science and DBAE, and science education and art education. Focuses on the interest that these topics and the DBAE curriculum might have for biology teachers. (DDR)

Argues for national consciousness raising about the need for holding high expectations for all students, expecting virtually all of them to succeed. Recommends the removal of false notions about which groups possess the aptitude for technical subjects. Contains 16 references. (DDR)

Compares Reform of Secondary Education (ROSE) students' and nonROSE students' perceptions of five psychosocial dimensions of their science practical tasks: student cohesiveness, open-endedness, integration, rule clarity, and material environment. Contains 17 references. (DDR)

Reports the results of a survey sent to 50 Yorkshire primary schools that focuses on ponds and how they are planned, constructed, used, and managed. (DDR)