Madame Butterfly and a host of other singing characters introduce children to a grand art form. (Editor)

Offers guidelines for school visits to various industries. In addition, points out that industry would like students to know what it is like to work in a factory and that industrial applications should be incorporated into physics courses. (JN)

Effective field trip policies will address the suitability of trips, proposal requirements, student participation, school-wide planning and organization, transportation, permission forms, insurance, emergency procedures, costs, and the assignnment of responsibility for supervision. (PGD)

A rationale for using field trips to correctional institutions in an abnormal psychology class is presented. Also discussed are reasons why, over the years, student interest in these field trips has declined. (RM)

Seven articles discuss such aspects of student management as teacher liability; behavior on field trips; management of special needs students; effects of boredom, immaturity, and personal problems; using an escalation plan; and the 4-F principle--firm, fair, functional, fun. (SK)

Provides guidelines for planning a trip to a beach. Also provides a map showing marine education sites in Washington state, particularly those on the Pacific coast, Puget Sound, and the San Juan Islands. A brief description accompanies each site shown. (JN)

Presented is a review of the activities, council meetings, open sessions, and field excursions offered at the 25th International Geological Congress held August 16-25, 1976, Sydney, Australia. (SL)

Describes the study tour of China undertaken by 20 members of the Australian Geography Teachers Association. An itinerary of the three week tour and reports from Australian and Chinese newspapers are included. For journal availability, see SO 505 212. (Author/DB)

During the past several years, the topic of how to increase parent and family involvement in schools has been the subject of many research studies, articles, and speeches. It is likely that every school in the country devotes some portion of its annual plan to explaining how it will increase parent involvement. Yet as widely used as this term is,…

The National Park System (NPS) offers a wealth of learning opportunities outside the classroom. The NPS is reaching out to educators nationwide to enrich student learning with the power of place, using public lands as classrooms where students can view historic artifacts and structures and interact with the natural world. Programs at …

The focus point of this article was a trip by students to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the high point of their experiences and a format to analyze child awareness, interest, and concern for contemporary art. (Author/RK)

By use of a field trip which helped students express their feelings about pollution article stated the case for the necessity of art. (RK)

Jean Reid described a recent three week tour of China, from the Hongkong border in the south, through Shanghai to Chenghow, in the centre. She took the photographs on the journey, which focused on the great social revolution taking place in China and the enormous educational development at the base of that change. (Editor/RK)

Teacher gets students involved in choosing and planning their class trips. (GB)

Describes activities abroad Liberty Chesapeake,'' a 133-foot-long retired lightship moored off the East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., and used as a public excursion boat and floating laboratory by the U.S. National Park Service. (DS)