Provides information on school-year field trips and visits to environmental centers. Also provides suggestions on preparing students and teachers' for the trips, lesson planning, and teaching in the field. Problems related to class discipline on trips and teachers feeling lack of knowledge are considered. (BC)

Describes activities for preschool and kindergarten children that encourage the development of a favorable attitude towards, an interest in, and awareness of the environment. In addition, children will develop observation and processing skills such as identifying, classifying, measuring, and communicating. Objectives, materials needed, and…

Describes research activities and recent findings on disease-causing viruses, fungi, and bacteria. Includes a list of contemporary viruses and what they cause and lists of extra-classroom microbiology activities and student projects. (BC)

Materials from a student-made kit are used to investigate physics phenomena while riding on various amusement park rides. A list of materials contained in the kit and procedures for their use are included. (JN)

Advocates ornithology as a second-year biology course to create interest and expose students to a variety of science concepts and skills. Recommended course projects include: species identification, habitat visits, population impact studies, migration patterns, and food preferences. Activities and suggestions are given for a January to June…

Describes a student project in which paper planes were designed and flown to investigate the effect of the wing area to mass ratio on aircraft performance. (GS)

Describes the construction and use of two pieces of equipment for teaching materials related to the propagation of an electric field and the parallel plate capacitor. (GS)

Several suggestions are given related to the use of student-collected rocks in gaining understandings basic to the later mastery of concepts and principles of geology. Ideas related to language development, classification schemes, observation skills are suggested. (EB)

Presents three brief articles that consider the recovery of silver from film, field trips as a supplement to science major general chemistry laboratory, and the construction of a low-cost colorimeter. (MLH)

Suggested are activities that might stimulate cognitive thought in students and which can be performed both in school and at home. (EB)

An exercise in chromatography that students can perform in class or at home using inexpensive, familiar materials is presented. (EB)

Described are nutritional studies that can be incorporated into elementary biology courses. Included are suggested experiments concerning physical change, chemical change, and microbiological change. (SL)

Included are abstracts of 40 science projects for secondary level courses of biology, physical science, and chemistry. (SL)

Described is an experiment investigating carbon dioxide fixation in the dark and the diurnal rhythm of acid production in plants exhibiting Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. Included are suggestions for four further investigations. (SL)

Described is an undergraduate laboratory experiment involving synthesis of chelidonic acid and its identification in plants. The experiment is offered as an ancillary topic for biology or chemistry classes. (SL)