Discusses the history of the Vanguard project and the findings in Ranger records and Apollo missions, including lunar topography, gravity anomalies, figure, and chemistry. Presented are speculative remarks on the research of the origin of the Moon. (CC)

Summarizes the development of a new analytical technique on the basis of the interaction of alpha particles with matter and its applications to three Surveyor missions and other space investigations. Discusses the implications of the alpha-particle instrument findings for the nature of the Moon. (CC)

A description of the moon's total eclipse indicating the path, traveling speed and duration, followed by a concise description of how a total eclipse happens and what scientists actually study with relations to an eclipse. (EB)

Revised the Reed activities checklist to obtain an equal number of active and passive activities and an equal number of items representing interest in each field. Factor analysis of the present list among 2,137 seventh and eighth grade students supported the conclusion that science interest is not unindimensional. (CC)

Describes experiment designed to test the effectiveness of an independent study program as a method of instruction. No significant difference was found between the scholastic achievement of students involved in independent study and those attending classes. In the following year the academic achievement of the experimental group was significantly…

Photographs of the earth taken from space are used to illustrate the advantages and application of remote sensing. This technique may be used in such areas as the immediate appraisal of disasters, surveillance of the oceans, monitoring of land, food and water resources, detection of natural resources, and identification of pollution. (JR)

Describes the progress and current activities of the Minority Participation Program which was established to assist minority students in the geological sciences, to introduce new programs in predominantly minority colleges, and to retrain as geological scientists minority faculty members. Presents tabulated data on enrollment patterns of minority…

Reports the results of a study designed to investigate teacher and student behavior in classes using Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) materials. The results indicate that teachers of ESCP have not for the most part integrated the ESCP inquiry approach into their teaching repertoire. (JR)

Discusses the use of a horoscope-casting laboratory exercise in the astronomy course. Indicates that students can fulfill three objectives: (1) summarize the planetary motions in the geometric universe, (2) be familiar with sidereal and solar time, and (3) be acquainted with the uses ephemerides. (CC)

A survey reveals a widespread tendency to pay men more than women for the same work at all levels of education and experience. Charts and figures explain the numbers and supply of women geoscientists, years of experience, education, employers, and work activity. (BL)

Describes a course attempting to educate people in environmental and urban matters. It is divided into two sections: One section for geology and the other science majors; the other for non-science majors who had not taken a college-level laboratory science. (DF)