Presents results of a 1970-71 survey of 350 geomorphologists and geology departments to determine what sort of geomorphology is being taught in the colleges and universities of the United States and Canada. (PR)

Reviews history of earth science in secondary schools. From early nineteenth century to the present, earth science (and its antecedents, geology, physical geography, and astronomy) has had an erratic history for several reasons, but particularly because of lack of earth science teacher-training programs. (BR)

Reviews very generally the desirability of college science departments redirecting some of their efforts towards interdisciplinary goals, and proposes second-level courses given through the combined efforts of several science departments. (PR)

Describes a study, involving high school earth science teachers, to determine if the level of the teacher's questions influenced student achievement. Students of the 20 teachers who tended to use more high level inquiry questions surpassed the performance of students of 20 teachers who tended to use low level inquiry questions. (PR)

Describes an earth science project completed by students in an American school in Saudi Arabia. (AL)

Suggests the use of daily newspaper weather records as data source for weather studies. (CP)