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

An elementary analysis of a common textbook airplane problem is given, and then, as an illustrative example, the possibilities of this mechanism for animal navigation are briefly considered. (Author/MA)

Formulae are proposed for the distinct cases of monatomic and diatomic gas volumes. Eight figures illustrate the article. (Author/MA)

Describes a rotating chair with sliding calibrated masses suitable for demonstrating and determining the conservation of angular momentums. (SL)

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

In 1975, selected high ability secondary students attended a program in Nuclear and Environmental Science. Likert-like pre- and posttests concerning aspects of nuclear technology were given to the students. Results indicated no favorable or unfavorable changes in student attitudes towards the ideas sampled. Sample questions included. (MA)

Solves the quantum mechanical problem of the bound states corresponding to a sum of several delta-shell potentials. (SL)

Develops Lorenty's electron theory in the context of a dumbbell model. (SL)

Describes an experiment wherein simple gamma-ray detection and analysis techniques were utilized to study radioactivity in local precipitation. (Author/SL)

Reviews relativistic time dilation and intuitive methods of making the concepts involved understandable to students. (SL)

Presents a method for demonstrating Seebeck, Peltier, and Thomson effects in a single experiment. (SL)

Describes a cooperative program in physics between Stanford University and community colleges within a one hour driving distance of Stanford. (SL)

Reports that allowing senior physics students at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, to substitute an experiment in teaching physics to an eighth grade class for one three-week laboratory experiment provided stimulating experience for students, pupils, and teachers, and changed some student career goals. (SL)

Discusses the calibration of bolometric and photoelectric devices utilized for the measurement of solar energy. (SL)

Reports cost and academic achievement differences between a traditional course and a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) fluid mechanics course taught at San Jose State University. The PSI course cost 7.3 percent more than the lecture course; grades were 48 percent higher on a 4 point maximum scale. (SL)