Reviews developments in the field of thermal analysis instrumentation. (SL)

Reports on the pending phasing out of Yale's department of History of Science and Medicine. (SL)

Discusses the biocidal/toxicological applications of organo derivatives of true metals. (SL)

Describes a BASIC computer program which balances inorganic chemical equations. (SL)

Describes laboratory experiments illustrating the multiple metal-metal bond systems suitable for undergraduate level lecture courses. (SL)

Brief descriptions of the accomplishments of recent recipients of the National Medal of Science are provided. (CP)

Describes a one quarter college level course which links physics to potential career activities in journalism. (SL)

Presents a rock cycle diagram suitable for use at the secondary or introductory college levels which separates rocks formed on and below the surface, includes organic materials, and separates products from processes. (SL)

Presents methods for estimating running speed, length of a broad-jump, height of a pole vault, and time to run up a flight of steps as examples of elementary numerical mechanics. (SL)

Describes a course in which physical principles of measurement for biological studies intended for students in the biological and biophysical sciences are taught. (SL)

Presents a method of reviewing the properties of exponents for students enrolled in a liberal arts physics course. (SL)

Compares student achievement in an upper-division college introductory course taught by the video-autotutorial method with that in two comparable courses taught by the lecture-discussion method. Pre-post tests of 623 students reveal that video-autotutorial students outperform lecture/discussion participants at all ability levels and that in…

Describes a computer assisted program in which the computer program provides a self-paced, individualized component with course outlines, weekly assignments, answers to exam questions, and reports of student grades in a general chemistry course. (SL)

Describes an experimental procedure for the analysis of common cations in solution for an introductory analytical chemistry course. (SL)

Reports an experimental procedure for introductory chemistry courses to demonstrate a homogeneously catalyzed reaction. (SL)