A monograph was prepared for junior high school science teachers and curriculum specialists designed to assist them in the development of new instructional patterns that are consonant with changes in science instruction at other school levels and that are modernized to include the new knowledge and theories of science that have come from recent…

This listing of projects includes those environmental and outdoor education projects which were funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965. The types of programs listed are in-service, on-school-site, day center, and resident programs. Information concerning the director of the project, the school district and schools…

This booklet on graphical techniques of communications in science was written to aid the student who might be engaged in a project in which a quality report will be required. Written for the secondary school student, it concentrates on the graphic presentation of data, indicating the planning and techniques involved as well as the supplies and…

This booklet presents some methods of quantitative chemical analysis currently used in the field of fresh water pollution control. Only those tests that may be performed with little or no special reagents or pieces of equipment are listed. The booklet addresses the following determinations: (1) acidity; (2) alkalinity; (3) chloride; (4) hardness;…

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between a personality trait, dependence-proneness, and performance in the high school chemistry laboratory; to arrange laboratory groupings based on the pupil trait of dependence-proneness and to determine if these groupings affect laboratory performance; and to include and test other…

This publication summarizes safety regulations and guidelines for the science classroom laboratory. Contained are directions to the science department head; responsibilities for safety; responsibilities of the science teacher; storage safety regulations; safe techniques; instructions for science students; and special instructions for chemistry…

Presented is one of a series of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facts about the exploration of Mars. In this publication, emphasis is placed on the planet Mars as a member of the Solar System and a detailed description is given related to historical accounts of the planet's existence and its travels. The physical…

Teaching procedures of Project Physics Unit 1 are presented in this manual to help teachers make effective use of learning materials. Curriculum objectives are discussed in connection with instructional materials, suggested year time schedules, multi-media schedules, schedule blocks, resource charts, and experiment summaries. Brief analyses are…

This programmed instruction booklet is an interim version of instructional materials being developed by Harvard Project Physics. It is the first of two booklets on the topic of waves and covers pulses, how pulses travel, and what happens when two pulses pass through the same region at the same time. For the second booklet in this series, see SE…

This is the second of two programmed instruction booklets on the topic of waves, developed by Harvard Project Physics. It covers the relationships among the frequency, period, wavelength, and speed of a periodic wave. For the first booklet in this series, see SE 015 552. (DT)

This study was undertaken to determine the applicability of the Fishbein model of attitudes in ascertaining the attitudes toward science held by high school students. The model proposed assumed that attitudes involve both cognitive and affective components. Acceptability of the psychometric properties of an instrument developed in this…

This issue of the newsletter discusses, in much detail, physics equipment useful for the construction of logic units; and alerts science teachers to the fact that ammonia can be made to burn in air. (PEB)

The bibliography identifies, describes, and evaluates devices and techniques discussed in the world's literature to demonstrate or stimulate natural physical geologic phenomena in classroom or laboratory teaching or research situations. The aparatus involved ranges from the very simple and elementary to the highly complex, sophisticated, and…

This technical memo is designed for persons who are interested in research with and development of curriculum material. Detailed information regarding computer programs, and program documentation used in the development and evaluation of ISCS curriculum materials is provided. The memo includes supplemental information to ISCS Technical Report I…

This report concerns a seven-year longitudinal study of one teacher using a variety of teaching techniques to determine (1) the constancy of a teacher's final grade with regard to a number of independent variables, assessed over such a period, and (2) the effect upon achievement in secondary school chemistry of these independent variables.…