This project report outlines the specifications for the various aspects of the Cubberly-Lockheed Instructional System, a pilot secondary science learning system specifically for the earth/life sciences. Part I of the report presents a discussion of the general specifications for the Phase II System which emphasizes individualized instruction. Part…

This is a collection of reports of student award winning science projects that have appeared in "The Science Teacher." Grade levels 7-12 are represented with projects categorized as follows: biology, chemistry and physics, earth-space science, and miscellaneous. In each section the abstracts are arranged in order of increasing complexity…

This resource guide contains practical suggestions for teaching of Grade 8 science to the pupils in the Career Guidance Program. The Career Guidance Program was developed for students who are over-age, frustrated, retarded in the school subject, and indifferent to education. The selection and organization of the material parallels the regular…

This publication is designed as a guide for the instructional program in science. The first part contains performance goals and conceptual schemes. Emphasis is placed on the teaching of science as content and as process. The processes outlined are: observing, classifying, measuring, inferring, predicting, and identifying variables. Experimental…

The purpose of this publication is to provide science teachers with the means to enhance the learning of environment through the use of instructional games. Included are science and science-related games currently available commercially, from individuals or groups of teachers, and from private and public organizations and agencies. Over 100…

This document contains investigations for topics 1-4 in the earth science course developed by the University of the State of New York for secondary schools. Topics include observation and measurement, the changing environment, measuring the earth, and earth motions. Each topic is preceded by the Investigations-Understandings Matrix which…

This document contains investigation topics 5-8 in the earth science course developed by the University of the State of New York for secondary schools. Topics include energy in earth processes, insulation and the earth's surface, energy exchanges in the atmosphere, moisture and energy budgets, and environmental change. Each topic is preceded by…

Included are four activity units: (1) Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Quantitatively; (2) Collecting and Cultivating Marine Bacteria; (3) To Recognize, Record, and Analyze Characteristics of a Sandy Beach Environment; and (4) Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Phosphate in Water. All the activities are designed to be used by secondary school…

Intended as a supplement to undergraduate college geography courses, this resource paper reviews the mechanism by which surface weather features are linked with the mid-atmospheric circulation within the westerly wind belt. Specifically, vertical atmospheric motions associated with certain aspects of the upper tropospheric flow, including jet…

Presented is an elementary school science program designed to offer a basic continuum of process objectives and concepts. A brief history of the development of the Wappingers Central School District's Elementary Science Committee is presented to help lay the groundwork for the redesigning of the science program described. Potential advantages…

As science teaching becomes more inquiry oriented, science teachers are interacting more frequently with individual students. With increased interaction, pupil/science teacher interpersonal compatibility most likely contributes significantly to the development of students' science attitudes. The purpose of the present study was to examine the…

A pilot television series reached some 100,000 Ontario elementary school students with a series on meteorology and ecology. Flexible interactive opportunities (via broadcast, newsletter, phone, mail, personal contact) were utilized; resources not available were provided, while at the same time local options were preserved and encouraged. Use of…

This monograph provides basic behavioral objectives designed for a middle school science curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the study of the living environment for students in grade five. This includes the study of plants, animals, the human body, and the use of the microscope, classification and the scientific method. Objectives for grade six are…

This autoinstructional unit deals with the study of stars, constellations, and planets as part of a General Science and/or Earth Science program for students in high or middle school. Twelve behavioral objectives are identified. The equipment needed, the time suggested as adequate, and a sample of a final test that can be administered are included…

This publication is intended to present science teachers with an opportunity to communicate to students the idea that science is an ongoing and never-ending process. The booklet contains supplemental materials, valuable as enrichment materials. A selection of ongoing research in the biological sciences, physics and astronomy, oceanography,…