Reports findings on research in Red-winged Blackbird territoriality and describes the educational potential of use of similar studies in the classroom. Territorial mapping and observational techniques are explained. (CS)

Describes instruments for the quantitative measurement of radioactively tagged organic and biological molecules used as tracers. (MLH)

Describes an experiment for an honors organic laboratory course that allows the student to approach a synthesis with independent planning and the use of the literature. (MLH)

Describes the use of computer-assisted graphical displays in experiments to determine the order and activation energy for a chemical reaction. (MLH)

Discusses the programs and packages of a computer-assisted instruction project called Computational Physics Teaching Laboratory, in which students solve simulated physics at a computer terminal with visual display. (MLH)

Describes methods and materials for an innovative laboratory exercise that centers on the concept of mimicry and illustrates the importance of adaptation, natural selection and coevolution. Students are used as predators and raisins as prey. Included are directions for preparation of unpalatable raisins using alum dissolved in reconstituted lemon…

Discusses teaching science at the secondary and college levels and proposes a one-year unified science course organized around the human system. It would emphasize the basic principles of biology, chemistry, and physics. (SL)

Describes the construction and operation of a moveable videotape studio that is used in a chemistry laboratory to illustrate laboratory skills and experiments. (MLH)

Discusses the effects that participation in a three-two, liberal arts-engineering program has had on a physics department at a liberal arts college. Among the effects are an increase in the number of physics majors and increased enrollments in physics department courses. (MLH)

Presents details of the course and videocassette system used in optional videotaped lectures developed for a personalized system of instruction (PSI) quantum mechanics course. Summarizes a comprehensive evaluation of the course and optional lectures. (MLH)

An overview of the various aspects of water quality, including a rationale for multidisciplinary cooperation in water quality management, a list of beneficial water uses, a discussion of the major types of water pollutants, and an explanation of the use of aquatic biota in testing for water quality. (CS)

Contained are 99 abstracts of review articles, texts, books, manuals, learning programs, and audiovisual material used in teaching physiology. Specific fields include cell physiology, circulation, comparative physiology, development and aging, endocrinology and metabolism, environmental and exercise physiology, gastrointestinal physiology, muscle…

Discusses a comparison of the relative effects on the stomach of a strong acid, hydrochloric acid, and a weak acid, aspirin. Also discusses molecular geometrics using the Valence Shell Electron Repulsion Theory. (MLH)

Describes an advanced inorganic chemistry experiment in which students prepare two coordination compounds and study their stereochemistry using infrared spectroscopy. (MLH)

Describes a kinetic simulation computer program that generates experimental data for use in an instructional program on the design of experiments and the analysis of results. (MLH)