Describes a one quarter college level course which links physics to potential career activities in journalism. (SL)

An instructional program package for individualized learning of calculus is outlined. The program utilizes audio-visual and other instructional techniques and includes topics in limits and continuity, the derivative with applications, and the integral with applications. (MN)

Describes a course in which physical principles of measurement for biological studies intended for students in the biological and biophysical sciences are taught. (SL)

Discusses the syllabus, final examination, and teaching methodology for this integrated chemistry and physics course. (CP)

Describes a computer assisted program in which the computer program provides a self-paced, individualized component with course outlines, weekly assignments, answers to exam questions, and reports of student grades in a general chemistry course. (SL)

Media is used as a supplement in a science education program based on the inquiry method. Students work in small groups and rotate from station to station. (STS)

Discusses the development, goals, syllabus and evaluation of a four semester hour credit human-centered college biology course for nonscience majors. Brief annotations of sub units of the course are provided. In the course, the use of science-related periodical articles is encouraged. (CP)

Describes a one-year interdisciplinary introductory science course presented at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, for nonscience majors. (SL)

An elective course aimed at giving tenth-grade students some experience with practical arithmetic problems is outlined. The two-week course is designed primarily for students who will be leaving at the end of the year and includes topics such as calculators; earning, spending, and saving money; tax; and buying a car. (MN)

A course is described which gives students experience in creating practical mathematical models of "real" problems, relating the mathematical solutions of the model to the original problem, and recognizing non-mathematical constraints on possible solution approaches. The students assume the role of industrial mathematicians while their tutors play…

Explains how to design a high school social studies course which employs film study to explain major social and political themes. Addresses of major film distributors and titles of 23 suggested films are included. For journal availability, see SO 505 902. (Author/DB)

Part two of a four part series of interviews with award-winning secondary physics teachers about their courses, instruction, methods, and students. (SL)

Describes the responses of both instructor and students, a group of homemakers and mothers, to a community services course on The Literature of Women. (JG)

A course entitled Mathematics and the Environment was developed to show the relevance of mathematics to contemporary problems and to increase awareness of the magnitude of environmental problems. (SD)

Describes an introductory geophysics course for physics majors. (SL)