This paper outlines a set of procedures for designing a science program for students at the junior high school level. A flow chart provides an overview of the curriculum design, and brief notes are given to clarify the procedures to be taken at each stage on the chart. Programs designed in this manner should fit into a larger framework of science…

This unit, one of a series being developed for Australian secondary school science courses, consists of a teacher's guide, two student booklets, a test booklet, and a student workbook which also contains answers to questions raised in the student booklets, and a answer sheet containing comments on the answers to the questions in the test booklet.…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to provide children with experiences which involve both balanced and unbalnced conditions. The unit begins with some activities designed to increase the children's awareness of body balance. Later activities involve equal-arm…

This curriculum guide presents a 3-week science unit focusing on changes which occur in living things as a result of weather changes. This unit, the third in a series, is intended to review and extend the understandings, concepts, and skills which a child has developed previously. The major content objectives are to develop the child's awareness…

This study represents one of the first major summative evaluations of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS), a federally funded, six-year elementary science program. An instrument was designed for measuring the effects of SCIS on the stated goal of the curriculum, the development of scientific literacy. Subjects were rural sixth-grade…

This textbook is the fourth in the official science series developed by the Ministry of Education in Saigon and used in all public schools in Vietnam. The books in this series have been reprinted in their entirety from the original editions for use in American schools with Vietnamese students. The grade four text contains the following chapters:…

This document presents the 1973-74 school year curriculum guide for the Dallas Independent School District for science and health education. Included are the rationale, program goals, overall program, course descriptions, and objectives for each grade K-12 for science education and health education. The program has eight program goals. Behavioral…

Evaluated were undergraduate college students in a basic physical science course. Students were instructed by a modular approach and a conventional lecture and discussion approach. No significant differences were found in content achievement or attitudes. (RH)

The author proposes methods and content for science instruction in the middle years and comments on teacher qualifications and pupil differences which need consideration. (SJL)

A flexible, transferable computer assisted instruction (CAI) system has been developed at the Twente University of Technology, Holland, for use in association with a first course in digital engineering. Written in APL, it is designed to be modular in nature, and thus easily extendible. (Author/CMV)

Attempts to assess the impact of the NSF science curriculum projects have been generally unsatisfactory. Much of the NSF impact on science education will probably continue to defy quantification. Whether or not the new curricula achieve their goal of increasing scientific literacy among the public can only be evaluated over the lifetimes of the…

A unit of study suitable for secondary school chemistry classes. (BB)

Three questions guided an evaluation of sixth and eighth grade science enrichment activities: (1) Does a free choice interactive program affect cognitive abilities? (2) Do students in a free choice program make predictable selections of activities based on their age, sex, or ability level? and (3) Are specific student choices associated with…

Napier College offers a degree program that is science-based, but that includes courses in industrial studies and the social sciences within industrial studies. The aim and structure of the program, an outline of the curriculum, and the entering qualifications and employment prospects of the students are discussed. (JMD)

Describes the content of some instructional materials for elementary school students called The Sea Library to "develop a working ocean vocabulary and a sensory awareness of the ocean and its life." Also gives brief annotations for three teacher/student curriculum aid books. (GA)