Describes Waunakee Community School's six-week Summer Science Program for students entering the seventh grade. Students are selected for this science enrichment program on the basis of interest, ability, and maturity. Program content includes wetlands, forests, prairies, and animals, concluding with a camping trip. (DS)

This article is an attempt to communicate to chemistry teachers some of the benefits they may obtain through the use of ERIC materials when planning chemistry lessons. A general description of ERIC and its services are included. Specific examples of ERIC materials related to high school chemistry are discussed. (Author/DS)

Presents aims of an inservice course designed to encourage science teachers to incorporate material of relevance to the local industrial scene into their existing curricula. Projects required by participants in the course are listed with their brief descriptions and possible applications in the classroom. (CS)

Discussed is the importance of marine education, whether located near an ocean or not. Activities are suggested for inland schools to facilitate the teaching of marine education. Resource agencies and dissemination systems involved in marine education are listed along with a rationale for marine education's inclusion within curricula in inland…

A description is presented of the construction and use of a questionnaire for evaluating freshman science courses. It uses a forced choice technique to measure student expectations, influence on students, and faculty objectives. Field tests are used to estimate the procedure's validity and reliability. (Author/MSE)

Comparing the secondary physics courses developed by West Germany's Institute for Science Education (IPN) with similar British curriculum projects, the author argues that the differences in style, content, and reception of these curriculums are related to the social locations of the British teachers and the German academics who devised them.…

This research determines whether preservice science teachers' attitudes toward science and science teaching and course achievement differed from those of other majors and whether students enrolled in a special course relating the science studied to science teaching effected attitude change. Science majors had a more positive attitude and higher…

Described is part of the O.P.E. laboratory computer-based biology program designed for undergraduate medical and biology students. Described is an embryology dialogue in which the student proceeds through three stages in the knowledge and understanding of the concept of competence. (Author/DS)

Presents the results of a survey study conducted to identify the status of science education in the elementary schools (K-6) of Illinois during the 1975-1976 school year and to establish a data base. Implications of the findings are also included. (HM)

Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California at Berkeley, which conducts preservice and in-service teacher training programs and develops curriculums in science and mathematics, is devoting increasing attention to the role of science centers in informal education. Examples of the Hall's research projects in many different fields are…

A program is described in which parent volunteers assist in science instruction at the kindergarten/first grade level. Examples of activities within the mini-units are given. (SA)

Describes some common misconceptions of children about the way the world works. Ways for teachers and curriculum developers to become aware of these misconceptions are also included. (HM)

Presents historical perspectives that lead to the rationale for a Science, Technology, and Society (STS) context in the teaching of school science. Argues for the importance of teaching science and technology in the context of society and social needs. Contains 44 references. (DDR)

Presents a curriculum designed to infuse environmental concepts and attitudes into the middle school curriculum. Developed through an educational partnership with industry, this curriculum focuses on the establishment and maintenance of backyard wildlife habitats. (DDR)

Describes an exploration of the use of digitized images in teaching biology to school students via the new digital communications channel, the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). Contains 23 references. (DDR)