Describes a developmental marine humanities program under development at Oregon State University. The philosophical rationale of the program is provided. (CP)

Included are demonstrations on optical activity, and using a digital multimeter. (SL)

Discusses Offices of Faculty or Professional Development, assumptions behind the operation of such offices, and ways of implementing improvement of instruction and faculty development programs. (SL)

Describes the mobile spectrosocopy laboratory program operated by the Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas, which gives small college chemistry departments access to high cost spectrographic instruments mounted in a mobile van. (SL)

Describes an introductory geophysics course for physics majors. (SL)

Problems involved in using mark-recapture techniques for population estimating are discussed. Materials and methods using a known, restricted population of people are described. Estimates of the size of this population varied in precision and accuracy with the method and intensity of sampling. Suggestions for improvement and refinement are made.…

An introductory biophysics course for science students who have previously taken two quarters of noncalculus physics is described. Material covered emphasizes the physical principles of sound, light, electricity, energy, and information. (Author/CP)

Presents a consistent approach to the introduction of the mole in teaching kinetic theory and thermodynamics of ideal and real gases. (SL)

Describes the chemical engineering program at Brigham Young University. (SL)

Describes a university level laboratory science course designed for visually handicapped students. (SL)

Describes a method of calculating the power applied to an electric lamp by using a calorimeter to measure the energy radiated by the lamp. (SL)

Describes misleading statements and figures utilized in textbooks to describe and depict fundamental wave functions and properties. (SL)

Discusses the international symposium on chemical education held in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, August, 1977. Included are the symposium's recommendations for future international action relating to the problems and needs of chemical education. (SL)

Proposes a simple solution to the problem of expressing graphically absolute configuration, racemic character, and relative configuration in molecules. As demonstrated by several examples, the proposed convention brings added clarity and simplicity to structural drawings and renders graphic displays of chiral molecules as explicit and information…

The environmental chemistry program at Vassar College consists of undergraduate- and graduate-level coursework in environmental chemistry, a research program, and a program of involvement with environmental problems in the Mid-Hudson area. Various aspects of this interdisciplinary, integrated program are discussed. (JN)