Suggests introducing values clarification into the classroom as a way to help students learn to make value judgements on contemporary issues. (BR)

Describes a chemistry curriculum for college freshmen that uses laboratory study of the chemical composition of meals eaten by students as the central activity from which theoretical and practical learning are derived. Presents a meal analysis flow diagram and a table of concepts included in the program. (GS)

Describes a course in introductory biology which utilized a teaching strategy emphasizing process rather than content. The strategy involved team teaching and a research paper/laboratory technique involving the students in decision making and the processes of scientific method. (GS)

Illustrates a sample remedial program in mathematics for physics students. Describes two computer games with successful instructional strategies and programs which help mathematically unsophisticated students to grasp the notion of a differential equation. (GH)

Describes a program which simulates motion in two dimensions of a point mass subject to a force which is a function of position, velocity, or time. Sample applications are noted and a source of a complete list of applications and programs is given. (GH)

Describes the inexpensive construction of an uptake volume potometer uptake and loss potometer, and experiments on plants that can be conducted with the equipment. (BR)

Traces the history of astronomy by analyzing the scientific literature of various time periods, reviewing prize-winning research, and noting the input from physics. Speculates on some accomplishments that may occur in the next 75 years. (GS)

An analysis of data from three national testing programs shows that mean scores on physics tests are increasing, but the number of examinees is decreasing. (Author/GS)

Briefly describes water analogies for electrical circuits and presents plans for the construction of apparatus to demonstrate these analogies. Demonstrations include series circuits, parallel circuits, and capacitors. (GS)

Describes changing methods in engineering instruction including efforts to: (1) increase opportunities for continuing education, (2) make instruction at all levels more responsive to the needs and abilities of individual students, and (3) educate engineers about the social consequences of their work. (Author/GS)

One would be hard-pressed to find a college or university in the United States without at least one outreach program designed to support science education in local K-12 schools. Over the last three decades, scores of thriving science education outreach programs have had significant and extraordinarily positive effects on K-12 science education. In…

Describes an open-ended research approach used in an attempt to develop an appreciation of experimental science. The research project involved such topics as "properties of lead,""reasons for lead additives in gasoline," and "the effect of lead on health." (GS)

Describes an environmental chemistry course in terms of its objectives, philosophy, topics, principles, laboratory experiments, texts, supplementary material, and student response. (GS)