Describes a course offered at the University of Toronto. The course deals with the new world view of the nature of reality and the parallels of the concepts with modern physics and Eastern mysticism. (Author/SA)

Describes a type of individual laboratory-activity examination developed for use in an undergraduate general physics class whose enrollment was more than 100 persons. Test preparation, procedure, evaluation, and outcomes are discussed. (BT)

Surveys the current scene in computer graphics from the point of view of a chemistry educator. Discusses the scope of current applications of computer graphics in chemical education, and provides information about hardware and software systems to promote communication with vendors of computer graphics equipment. (HM)

Presents two demonstrations which are intended for chemistry college students. These demonstrations are: (1) enhancement of concentration quenching by micelles; and (2) the thermite lecture demonstration. (HM)

A model is described for preparing graduate students to teach undergraduate biology courses. Features of the program include instruction in using innovative techniques, the use of pre- and in-service components, and the use of experienced biology teaching assistants. (Author/SA)

This resource letter is an annotated bibliography aimed at individuals who have recently become interested in lecture demonstrations in physics. Listed are 103 printed sources of information on lecture demonstrations. Whenever possible, annotations are followed by reviews so that other opinions can be consulted. (BT)

Discusses the Pauling electronegativity concept which rationalizes several kinds of chemical reactions of covalent substances. Electronegativity differences applied to some reactions are demonstrated. (SA)

An inorganic chemistry course at the Free University of Amsterdam is part of an integrated program involving practical work and theoretical study for chemistry students. Twelve experiments are required and 11 are performed by students in groups of fours. (Author/SA)

Describes the use of cassette tape recordings in preparing freshman chemistry students for experiments in laboratories. The tapes are said to have decreased student anxiety in the laboratory and increased laboratory skills. (SA)

Describes an elastic Foucault pendulum designed to demonstrate how the rotation of the plane of oscillation depends on geographical latitude, and shows that this rotation vanishes at the equator. (GA)

Describes a pendulum in which the spherical bob can roll on a track of the same arc as it swings when suspended by a cord. Comparison of the motion in the two mentioned cases shows the effect of rotational kinetic energy when the bob rolls. (GA)

In this experiment, the student duplicates the experiment reported by Wohler in 1828. (BB)

In this experiment, benzylic hydrogen reactivity is used to prepare dimers of a variety of alkyl benzenes, and the benzylic hydrogen reactivity of these compounds are compared. (BB)

This simple two-phase procedure for the oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones is applicable to a wide variety of substrates and is also ideally suited for the undergraduate laboratory. (BB)

Describes a titration procedure done in glacial acetic acid. (BB)