Describes a computer-based homework grading system that accepts a constructed response by the student, multiple attempts, generation of new data for each student, records of performance, and provision of some feedback about answers. (Author/CP)

Explains the laboratory techniques and equipment necessary for the demonstrations. (CP)

Discusses fundamental scientific concepts involved in the measurement of molecular quantities utilizing the mole. (SL)

Discusses the physics of the atomic model prepared, in 1904, by J. J. Thomson. (SL)

Describes a reaction system experiment utilizing saponification of ethyl acetate by sodium hydroxide. The activity is part of an undergraduate chemical engineering course. (SL)

Presents data pertinent to faculty workloads at 66 universities surveyed by the Faculty Council of the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1971. (SL)

Presents annotated abstracts of 630 papers relating to research in physiology presented in the 1977 meeting of the American Physiological Society. (SL)

Described is a course in the chemistry of consumer goods, for both chemistry students and non-science majors, at the University of Miami. This course is intended to bridge the gap between the world of the chemist in the laboratory and the life of the ordinary consumer. (BT)

Traces the development of the study of geology and geological education in the United States during the 1700's. Addresses the influences of world travel, agriculture, and medicine on the inclusion of earth science into college curricula and self-instruction "civility books." (TW)

Describes a two-term course in electronic instrumentation for chemistry and physics students. The first term focuses on analog circuits and the measurement of voltage, current, and impendance. The second-term course focuses on digital pulses/logic, microcomputer organization, and assembly language programing and interfacing to experiments. (JN)

Smaller amounts of materials are used in organic chemistry experiments as a means of improving air quality in the laboratory. Presents a preliminary study of the emissions from selected processes and the mixing of these emissions within the laboratory atmosphere. (JN)

To have students develop observational skills and acquire an excitement about chemistry, stereoscopic dissecting microscopes are used to observe the physical characteristics and chemical reactions of various substances. Several of these reactions (including dissolving potassium permanganate in deionized water and reactions between copper metal and…

Presents excerpts from "The Comet Book," a nontechnical primer on comets. Various topics discusses in these excerpts include such basic information about comets as their components, paths, and origins. (DH)

Presents an annotated list of 40 software programs. Each entry includes publisher, address, hardware, requirement(s), grade level(s), and program description. A list of readings about astronomical computer programs is given. (DH)

Presents highlights of a conference which disseminated results of a National Science Foundation (NSF) curriculum development project at Lehigh University (NSF-SER-8005 199, "Elements of Technology in a Liberal Arts Curriculum"). Also discusses activities at other institutions designed to bring science, mathematics, and technology…