Describes exhibits and activities at Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (Portland), Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh), and Museum of Sanibel Island (Florida). Such information as educational activities, admission costs, and hours of operation is included. (JN)

Continental crust underlies the continents, their margins, and also small shallow regions in oceans. The nature of the crust (much older than oceanic crust) and its dynamics are discussed. Research related to and effects of tectonics, volcanism, erosion, and sedimentation on the crust are considered. (JN)

The chemistry of the ocean, whose constituents interact with those of air and land to support life and influence climate, is known to have undergone changes since the last glacial epoch. Changes in dissolved oxygen, calcium ions, phosphate, carbon dioxide, carbonate ions, and bicarbonate ions are discussed. (JN)

Lists and describes currently available educational materials about Mount St. Helens. These include books and other sources of printed information, maps, curriculum materials (student activities), films, and slide programs. Each entry includes a brief description, source, and cost. (JN)

Reviews "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" (grades 3-6), "Metric Football" (a game), and "Happy Metrics I and II" (grades 4-6). Includes format, nature of activities, source, price, and reviewer's comments. (JN)

Highlights geological history activities during 1982. These include formation of The History of Earth Sciences Societies, publication of a new journal ("Earth Sciences History: The Journal of the History of Earth Sciences Societies"), and presentation of the first history of geology award. Comments on geological history publications are…

Discusses four types of breaking waves (spilling, plunging, collapsing, and surging) and effect of these waves on beaches. Also discusses various patterns left by waves in sand (for example, ripples) and cusps (thin sheets of water forming horizontal curves as they wash up the slope of a beach). (Author/JN)

Summaries of different topics discussed at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference are presented to provide updated information to nonplanetologists. Some topics include Venus, isotopes, chondrites, creation science, cosmic dust, cratering, moons and rings, igneous rocks, and lunar soil. (DC)

Suggests the use of diagrams illustrating the estimated temporal relations of preserved stratigraphic units in a region as a teaching tool to emphasize the paucity of stratographic information. (Author/DS)

Investigates the interaction between semantic knowledge and process skills in eighth-grade students' (N=27) performance in solving two types of problems (analogies and set-membership) of inducing structure drawn from physical geology concepts. (DS)

Discusses the major problems facing environmental geology programs today including the need for curriculum standardization and problems of poor student performance. (MA)

Describes the establishment of geology in the curricula of Tennessee colleges during the years from 1826 to 1850. The growth of a museum, the growth of learned societies, and the appearance of college courses in geology seem to be closely related. (Author/WB)