Describes a course which developed as a result of student requests for practical experience in environmental geology. Students have gained insight into the interaction between geology and human activities. (DF)

Describes a special mini-course day at Iron Mountain Senior High School in which students had a wide variety from which to choose. (GB)

A course is described which is designed for the non-academic child forced to stay in school for an additional year. An outline is presented of the work that has been tried, and found to be reasonably successful, with leavers groups at a large comprehensive school. (DF)

Twenty-five students were chosen randomly from a larger class and were taught in a self-paced format. Their performance was compared with the students in the large lecture-recitation section through a common final examination and a retest given two months later. The self-paced students did substantially better in both cases. (DF)

Organized field trips in the tropics proved to be an effective way to gather new information about ferns. The areas of study covered were: systematics and ecology, cytology and gametophyte structure, and morphogenesis and physiology. (PS)

The article focuses upon an experiment in a university class designed specifically to teach geographic concepts. Attention is placed on the degree certain concepts can be learned and some factors which affect the degree of learning. (Author)

Continued from the previous issue of Canadian Modern Language Review''. (DS)

In one year Malta High, in Northern Illinois, a school of approximately 125 students, expanded its course offerings from 51 to 153 -- and remained solvent. (Author)

Curriculum outlines are provided for teaching a two semester organic chemistry course based on scientific principles. Performance objectives for each unit can be developed and an example is described in this article. An attempt is made in this outline to interrelate organic chemistry with other areas of chemistry. (PS)

To communicate the relevance and excitement of science activity to students, the use of more imaginative, and even openly speculative, case studies in physics courses is suggested. Some useful examples are Magnetic Monopoles, Constants, Black Holes, Antimatter, Zero Mass Particles, Tachyons, and the Bootstrap Hypothesis. (DF)

Recommends that a special course in educational data processing be offered by university departments of education. A course description for this teacher training program, suggested textbooks, and class projects are included. (MK)