Presented are environmental education lessons adapted for use in the junior high schools of Pinellas County, Florida. This manual is organized according to six conceptual schemes: interrelationships, heredity and environment, change, effects of population growth, finite resources, and environmental responsibility. Outlines of related activities…

Energy-related concepts are the subject of mathematics problems in this supplementary workbook for secondary school students. Exercises involving light, heat, motion, and energy conservation assist students in understanding whole numbers, decimals, fractions, ratios, proportions, percents, and the creation and interpretation of graphs. The…

This document includes several articles and reviews related to science education. Included are the following: (1) a critical review of science classroom interaction studies; (2) a review of the meaning of, and arguments for, integrated science; (3) trends in selection of science courses in secondary schools; (4) cultural borrowing and comparative…

This investigation focuses on the major erosional forces affecting the shoreline which cause it to wear away and build up. The types of devices that protect the shoreline are also discussed. The investigation is presented in the form of a teachers' guide and a students' guide, both of which are included. In the teachers' guide, an overview of the…

Presented is an evaluation of a leadership training program to prepare junior high school teachers to use the Introductory Physical Science Curriculum. Emphasis of the leadership program is on administrators and their problems, leaders and their problems, and teachers. Recommendations are given. Included in the appendices are sample letters of…

Project City Science, funded by the National Science Foundation, is designed by the New York University as an urban systems approach to the improvement of intermediate science teaching in New York City. This report consists of three major sections. The first section describes the preservice program, which includes courses presented, school…

Reported are the findings from the 1976-77 assessment of attitudes toward science conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Data were collected from four groups: 9-year-olds, 13-year-olds, 17-year-olds, and young adults. This contains a one-page summation of the highlights of the results, an introductory chapter…

ON THE PREMISE THAT A KNOWLEDGE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING REGARDING ITS USES, THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE CURRICULUM PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED. ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY USED IN SCIENCE CLASSES TO PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY. THOUGH TEACHER…

CONTAINED ARE QUESTIONS AND TESTS TO EVALUATE ACHIEVEMENT IN KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE THIRD LEVEL COURSE IN SCIENCE FOR THE HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. THE QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE OFFICIAL SYLLABUS OF THE BOARD OF SENIOR SCHOOL STUDIES. THE QUESTIONS REFLECT THE LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING AS DEVELOPED BY…

THE TWELFTH IN A SERIES OF 17 VOLUMES, THIS VOLUME PROVIDES THE SEVENTH GRADE TEACHER WITH A GUIDE TO THE REORGANIZED SCIENCE CURRICULUM OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE MATERIALS ARE INTENDED TO BE AUGMENTED AND REVISED AS THE NEED ARISES. THE SEVENTH GRADE SUPPLEMENT IS IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME 7A CONTAINS INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL, A BRIEF…

EVALUATED WAS THE CONSERVATION CONTENT IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN THE AREAS OF SCIENCE, HEALTH, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND LITERATURE. THE EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED BY AN AD HOC COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF JUNIOR COLLEGE TEACHERS, SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND A CONSULTANT. CONCLUDED…

Studied was the effect of instructional method on educational outcomes in an interdisciplinary science uni t taught to 143 eighth grade students of earth science. Compared were the didactic and guided discovery methods of teaching. Also analyzed were the interactions of methods with student characteristics including sex, intelligence, creativity,…

This booklet investigates the problems of evaluating the outcomes of science in general education and is directed specifically to educational objectives in the affective domain. Some insights are presented into the way the affective educational objectives of Krathwohl may be written in behavioral terms. The interrelationship of the affective,…

Prepared to assist those planning the construction of new science facilities on the elementary, intermediate, or secondary school level. Standards are outlined and specifications detailed. A statement of fifteen general pricniples for planning science facilities in secondary schools precedes a discussion of--(1) special facilities for different…

Listed are guidelines for the steps in the development of a flexible long-range senior science curriculum. The program is separated into biology, chemistry, and physics, and a course outline is given for each. These outlines are not committed to any one approach, but draw on the many curriculum improvement projects and other sources. The emphasis…