Information and recommendations are presented to assist school planners in designing facilities for physics. Emphasis is given to design features related to the conduct of laboratory experiments by students, television teaching of physics, new physics courses, classroom demonstrations, equipment storage and preparation areas, and combined…

THIS RESEARCH ATTEMPTED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING TEST INSTRUMENTS TO DETECT HOW LIMITED VARIABLES IN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AFFECT STUDENT BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT. THE EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESES DEVELOPED FOR THE STUDY WERE CONCERNED WITH IDENTIFYING AND DEFINING INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES OPERATING IN THE REALM OF SCIENCE EDUCATION.…

Describes some of the instructional methods tried, the problems encountered, and the philosophies involved concerning individualized instruction in a community college. The two semester introductory biology course emphasizes the open laboratroy concept, with individualized instructional modules prepared for laboratory experiments. (HM)

The Health Careers Program for handicapped students at Francis Lewis High School in New York is described. The science laboratory design, visits to local hospitals and medical labs, and teaching techniques are highlighted. (MDR)

Discusses how a science teacher should help visually impaired students and how he or she can cope with their problems. Also discusses what a science teacher can provide for a visually impaired student's safety and how this student should be helped to do lab activities. (HM)

The study reported here concludes that the laboratory does help students in their geology lecture course work even though the content emphases are different. (MDR)

An informal look at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University. Included are discussions of the general atmosphere and departmental research interests. (BB)

Reviews a cooperative program in which a number of nearby chemistry departments combined to purchase a mobile spectroscopy laboratory housed in a step-van truck. (SL)

Techniques used to evaluate a laboratory course are outlined. Course organization is described briefly, followed by details of the methods of collecting information and the method of sampling the groups of students. Methods include questionnaire, informal interview, group interview, free response, and observation. (LBH)

Contains three policy statements involving the use of animals for proper teaching of students, research, and the utilization of pound animals. Discusses the benefits to society of using animals in the biomedical sciences. (CW)

Discusses a national program designed to encourage the integration of writing more fully into the college curriculum. Addresses the opportunities for improving writing instruction by focusing on the laboratory reports done by students. (TW)

Traces the development of instruments used in spectrophotometry. Discusses how spectrophotometric measurements are made. Describes the color comparator, the filter photometer, and the spectrophotometer. Outlines the evolution of optical systems, including light sources, the monochromator, the photodetector, double-beam optics, and split-beam…

Outlines a cooperative effort in Iowa to eliminate dangerous or unwanted chemicals from school science storerooms. Also reviews the Council of State Science Supervisor's safety program and discusses how to prevent cuts and punctures from jagged glass tubing. (JN)

Describes the laboratory portion of the General Ecology course offered at California Polytechnic State University in which laboratory exercises to collect and analyze data were enriched through introduction of computerized data processing. Advantages, software development, program implementation, course specific computer usage, and student…

CHEMPAC, a computer-based chemistry course developed for high school students, bridges the gap between textbook and laboratory to provide greater quantitative accuracy to laboratory experiments. This course and experiments (involving pH) illustrating the CHEMPAC approach are provided. (JN)