To promote the arts as an integral part of the school curriculum, the national PTA offers an annual competition and national showcase, called "Reflections," for the creative efforts of children and young people in the areas of the visual arts, literature, and music. (Author/SJL)

Instructions are given for making Malaysian shadow puppets out of x-ray film. (SJL)

Presents some inventive darkroom techniques which can lead students to new interests in designing creative images. These techniques include easel manipulation, image blending, paper negatives, vignette, vaseline smear, cut strip, flop negative, or combinations of these. Each technique is illustrated by a student photograph. (Author/SJL)

The author presents a unique and innovative art project involving blueprinting, a process in which specially treated paper (Blueline-Blueprint) is exposed to ultraviolet rays. When washed in ammonia, any unexposed designs on the paper turn color, creating a clear, blue and white picture. (Author/SJL)

The author suggests handbuilt slides as an art project for elementary or secondary students. Instructions are given for making slides with found objects, smoke, and magazine lifts. The article is illustrated with several examples of this technique. (SJL)

Outlines a research methods course which stresses experiential learning through a variety of projects in which students learn the major aspects of experimentation. An in-class study, research project, proposal, and class analysis are discussed. (KC)

Reports on the success of a research project done by students in a television journalism course, noting that their hard work was rewarded with two hours of radio airtime, coverage in a major newspaper, and personal appearances at a national convention. (RL)

Describes the assignment of an oral history project in a communications history course offered at Northwestern University, indicating the project's benefits to teacher, students, and community. (RL)

Describes projects for students in a journalism class, including researching journalism history, interviewing their parents, critiquing exchange newspapers, writing a term paper about journalism, working with outside agencies to plan a charity project, and publishing such school-related publications as football programs and play programs. (GT)

Describes a mural project designed to introduce students to the concept of overlapping similar images as a way of depicting a time sequence. This article is one of four articles in this issue on elementary-level mural projects. (Author/SJL)

Organizational behavior courses can ease the transition from classroom to practicing business community. Key features of the approach include firsthand experiences for the student and the integration of economic, behavioral, and management theories. (MP)

Describes a three-week, faculty-student summer project involving the study of waste-water treatment of refinery effluents. Discusses the use of such projects to aid industry in analyzing their problems. (MLH)

Students brighten their learning environment and their school spirit by painting murals on school walls. (RK)

Describes an art project that utilizes inexpensive found objects for making jewelry. (Author/RK)

Describes a routine assignment whereby four students came back with a detailed, comprehensive, and seemingly workable design for a city--a domed city of 40,000 to turn Antarctica green. (HD)