The field trip procedures described were devised for use with freshman college students as an alternative to a classroom or laboratory session. Pre-test and post-test of students' knowledge of groundwater concepts show significant change in students' understanding of groundwater occurance and movement following such a trip. (RE)

Six short papers are presented on analytical chemistry in an integrated laboratory sequence, analytical chemistry at a junior college, the sophomore level analytical laboratory, the analytical textbook situation, and graduate level analytical chemistry. (BB)

Discusses recent advances in polarization techniques, specifically those dealing with polarization of atomic nuclei, and how polarized beams and targets are produced. These techniques have greatly increased the scope of possible studies, and provided the tools for testing fundamental symmetries and the spin dependence of nuclear forces. (GA)

Describes the Learning Systems Approach used in a large multisection general chemistry program at Texas A&M University. The use of learning objectives, alternative learning resources, positive-attitude factors, future-oriented course content and student evaluation and performance are also included. (HM)

Describes a Keller Plan program for teaching thermodynamics to college students. The outcome is improvement in study habits, and a more positive attitude towards examinations, but less performance in problem solving ability than via traditional approach. (Author/GA)

Describes a teaching module on special relativity in which priority is given to attitudinal objectives as opposed to objectives of content. Explains the implications of this for methodology and course structure, and discusses the course material together with some conclusions and evaluations of the module. (Author/GA)

Describes a minicourse on energy and the environment for nonscience majors. A simulator is used to provide the student with a background on energy and environmental problems. (GA)

A gas pressure gauge has been constructed for use in a student experiment involving the law of atmospheres. From pressure data obtained at selected elevations the average mass of air molecules is determined and compared to that calculated from the molecular weights and percentages of constituents to the air. (Author/BB)

This is the second of several papers which attempts to introduce group representation theory to students of molecular or solid-state physics in as intuitive and simple a fashion as possible. (Author/BB)

Eleven papers are reported on which discuss teaching techniques related to the teaching of chemistry of the high school and college levels. (BB)

Describes some undergraduate laboratory experiments on thermoanalytical techniques which deal with both organic and inorganic compounds. (GA)

Explains the principle behind a novel wind-driven water craft and shows that the basic laws of mass, energy and momentum conservation apply to it. An expression for calculating the final speed of the craft is given (GA)

Investigates the prevalence of developmental cognitive differences among college students and the relation of scores on cognitive tests to an objective form of assessment of achievement, namely, the final grade in a conventional physics course. (GA)

Describes a simple method for establishing the end point in a volumetric analysis that will save time, and reduce both the titration error and the required amount of reagents. (GA)