Describes Don Herbert's (Mr. Wizard) efforts in developing instructional films for teaching science to 9-13 year olds. Gives an account of Herbert's background through his 14 years on television's Watch Mr. Wizard" program. Briefly, describes four of the six films produced under the title Science 20." Presents Herbert's attempt in a few of these…

Article describes a science lesson on body cleanliness. The students make an amoeba puppet soap mitt patterned after a real amoeba. (MM)

Discusses the role of the science teacher in drug education. A glossary of drug-related terms is appended. (CP)

Examines the relationships between mental maturity and achievement in three types of science concepts-classificational, correlational, and theoretical. (AL)

A plea for more intellectual honesty in judging the new elementary curricula and the teaching of elementary science. (CP)

Describes a study, involving 120 first grade children, which supports the hypothesis that the rate of attainment of conservation skills is significantly enhanced by experiences made possible by the first grade program of SCIS. Describes the six conservation tasks used for pre-tests and post-tests: number, liquid amount, solid amount, length,…

Children may perform computational operations readily when dealing with physical materials, but may have difficulty dealing with representational stimuli (pictures of objects) or symbolic stimuli. Describes and illustrates the function of mediators in moving from physical to representational or symbolic stimuli. (PR)

Describes the 1967 Richmond, Virinia program in which participants included both elementary and secondary students with various intellectual, ethnic, socioeconomic, religious and racial backgrounds. Instructors included outstanding college professors from several states and public school teachers from many school divisions. (PR)