The objectives and methods of a free undergraduate laboratory are set forth. The main features are a close connection between the students and the research groups, a large amount of student freedom and responsibility, and no grading of the students. (Author/TS)

Speech delivered at the national convention of the Department of Audiovisual Instruction (DAVI) of the National Education Association (NEA), April 29, 1969, in Portland, Oregon. (DS)

Suggests that the 16mm. Pennsylvania films with the "Viewer's Guide are the best, most complete tools presently available for formally and informally teaching good laboratory and attendant materials usage. Films were prduced by Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction. (DS)

At all levels of instruction commonplace items such as fruit, gelatin, golf and tennis balls, and sugar cubes can be used to demonstrate geographic concepts such as earth-sun relations, locative grid, structure of the earth, glaciation. Tactile and visual demonstrations in which students participate are more effective than other alternatives. (NH)

Discusses the problems of the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program and the use of a more flexible program of equipment and facility use. (GR)