Describes the use of slides and artifacts from East Africa as a means of stimulating student interest and discussion in environmental and ecological problems. (JR)

Describes a science syllabus for secondary school girls who think science irrelevant. Included are units such as Food, What It Is, And Why We Need It,'' What Happens to Our Food,'; Some Foods We Prepare,'' Keeping the Home Clean,'' How to Keep Healthy,'' and Future Trends in Food.'' (PS)

Discusses the integrated science course given to 13-16 year olds and the structure of form 6-7 physics designed for 16-18 year olds. Indicates the presence of school staffing and financial problems in carrying out new science programs. (CC)

Some helpful ideas are proposed for use by biology teachers. Topics included are Food Webs,'' Key to Identification of Families,'' Viruses,'' Sieve Tube,'' Woodlice,'' Ecology of Oak Leaf Roller Moth,'' and Model Making.'' (PS)

Summarizes some of the main research findings relating to the utilization of instructional films in classroom situations. Reports the confirmation of a number of these findings in a survey conducted to investigate the teaching and learning practices used in acquiring the ability to solve simple problems using Coulomb's Law. (Author/JR)

Discusses the concepts of weight and weightlessness and describes simple activities which can be used to demonstrate weightlessness. (JR)

Describes a microbiological experiment designed to study the competition between two species of bacteria. Experimental procedures and data obtained in conducting this experiment are provided, together with a discussion of the results. (JR)

Describes the commercial applications of hydroponics, and then outlines ways in which this soilless plant culture method can be used in the science classroom and laboratory. Gives directions for making a suitable growth solution, and suggests appropriate student experiments involving hydroponics. (JR)

Describes the use of 30 student subjects to correlate the ACS-NSTA Forms 1967 and 1969 with the CEEB chemistry and mathematics achievement tests and I.Q. scores. Indicates that a high positive correlation exists between the two nation-wide chemistry evaluation instruments. (CC)

Describes some of the advantages of including a unit on science fiction in science courses such as physics and biology. (JR)

Maintains that there are topics of thermodynamics and organic chemistry in Nuffield A-level chemistry program which should be reviewed critically for their content organization. The Nuffield course is considered better than the traditional courses in its educational value, yet highly biased for preparing students for college chemistry courses. (PS)