Describes the organization and activities of a field studies group at Melbourne Grammar School. Camping trips are made during the school vacations, and students undertake extensive studies in various areas of natural history. Outlines a number of successfully completed studies and long-term projects still in progress. (JR)

When enrollments fell below predictions, Drake University adopted a student-designed recruitment tool to interest prospective students. (PG)

Discusses the preparation and implementation of a study project designed by Lexington High School students to observe the 1972 eclipse at Prince Edward Island, Canada. Included are two graphs showing the respective time dependence of shadow-band amplitudes and solar magnitudes. (CC)

Summarizes practical projects, science activities, and teaching aids usable in teaching of the astronomy section of physics courses at the pre-O, O and A-level stages. Indicates that the teacher interest is the decisive factor influencing introduction of astronomy into schools. (CC)

Suggests teachers use imagination in designing their own stencil materials to avoid monotony in art activities. (DS)

Article outlines the benefits of an organized induction program for manpower development. (GB)

Ideas for an ecology unit include field trips and a newspaper lesson; enviornmental study sources are listed. (SP)

Awareness of language, of how it operates, its appropriateness of the pupils who are exposed to it, and its quality in the books which are provided for them, should be every teacher's concern when selecting books and initiating writing based on them. (Author)

Describes a local environment study undertaken by high school biology students. This study evoked considerable support from local government agencies and civic organizations. (PS)

Describes a high school biology program based on student investigations. The comparative study of different topics in plants and animals is stressed. First phase of the course centers around relationships between the ecosphere and the individual; the second phase considers the molecules and the individual. (PS)

Commercial advertisements in publications can suggest numerous topics for student investigations. Students can gain research experience by devising experiments for testing products. (PS)