This learning guide contains materials for the second year of Energy/Structure/ Life, a two year high school program in integrated science. The guide is programed to permit the student to proceed on his own at a self-determined pace. The two year course is a sequence of physics, chemistry, and biology with the chemical (continued from the first…

This Oceanographic Information Kit consists of seven booklets which discuss career opportunities and related information in oceanography as follows: a general overview of the nature of oceanography and the study necessary in preparing for a career in this field; oceanographic employment opportunities possible with the federal government described…

This quarterly journal reviews books in different science fields which could be used by teachers in elementary school, secondary school, and in the first two years of college. Not only are the textbooks reviewed, but trade books and reference works in pure and applied sciences are included. Annotations are listed in order of Dewey Decimal…

This publication is written for those researchers who are interested in the use of radionuclides and radiation in the animal science field. Part I presents topics intended to provide the theoretical base of radionuclides which is important in order to design an experiment for drawing maximum information from it. The topics included in this…

A resource unit on the marine sciences is described. Designed for eighth-grade students with some basic science background, the unit can be taught in a minimum of four weeks. Content includes emphasis on the biological, chemical, and physical sciences. Each lesson contains objectives, goals, materials, and follow-up activities (often an…

This booklet summarizes the principal conclusions of a four day conference held by the University of Hawaii's Curriculum Research and Development Group and Department of Curriculum and Instruction in order to examine the development of a marine curriculum for Hawaiian schools from kindergarten to 12th grade. A major conclusion of the conference…

Described is a course development project in progress at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, that attempts to meet the individual needs and improve the attitudes of students in a large freshman biology course. Proposed is the implementation of the Phase Achievement System which involves the development of multi-concept level video-cassette lectures…

Described is a sampling board that has been used in an introductory general ecology course that is inexpensive to construct and that effectively illustrates the principles of vegetation sampling. (Author/BB)

A high school honors biology class project is described in which students write a research paper on a topic for which there is presently no known answer. This technique familiarizes the student with the mechanics of research and of writing a research paper. (BB)

A course evaluation model is illustrated with a case study of 116 college biology students. For a one-year course, evaluation has three phases: (year 1) internal evaluation--questioning students, departmental staff, and other faculty; (year 2) external evaluation; and (year 3) solving problems highlighted in the previous year's evaluation. (CP)

Describes some of the instructional methods tried, the problems encountered, and the philosophies involved concerning individualized instruction in a community college. The two semester introductory biology course emphasizes the open laboratroy concept, with individualized instructional modules prepared for laboratory experiments. (HM)

The educational activities of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois are described. (CP)

Describes the development at Jefferson Community College of a method for identifying students with insufficient cognitive skills for success in nonmajor biology courses, and for improving these skills in remedial programs which have no relation to course material. (TP)

Compares frequencies and styles of questioning strategies used in Modern Biology and Biological Science Curriculum Study--BSCS Green, BSCS Yellow and BSCS Blue secondary school biology textbooks. Findings revealed significant differences between textbooks in terms of number and type of questions used. (CP)

An environmentalist examines the factors influencing ecological decline, the options still available for restoring an optimum population-ecology balance, and the difficulties, scientific and cultural, of dealing with the problem. Four immediate prescriptions for improving the lot of future generations are offered. (SL)