This newsletter, issued by the Education and Science Division of the British Council, reports science education activities and projects planned or in progress in Great Britain. Reviews of recently published science and mathematics books and magazines, and a listing of international science education activities are also included. (SL)

Presented is the final report of the University of the Philippines evaluation of the summer science institutes and the implementation of science courses in secondary schools as components of the Science Education Project of the Philippines (SEPP). This evaluation of the SEPP science curriculum improvement project sought to assess student learning…

This project was funded by the National Science Foundation to help institutions of higher education develop course-related library instruction programs for students in undergraduate science programs. The third volume of the annual report for 1976-77 continues with appendix four, i.e., the texts of documents referred to in the proceedings of the…

This publication focuses on spinoff benefits of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration space program developments. The first of the three sections describes the direct benefits of space exploration and aeronautical research. Some of these direct benefits are expanding knowledge about our solar system and our universe, the development of…

The Academic Year Institute (AYI), a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of its program of education in science, was investigated in depth with respect to its origin, and to the subsequent growth and evaluation of its objectives. Data for this study were collected from government documents, NSF reports, AYI proposals…

Presented is one of a series of publications, Resources in Education, related to the Science Program of the Fairfax County Public Schools, 1974. A program description for K through 12 is presented to include the major goals of science education. A program description of each level is presented and Primary, Middle Elementary and Upper Elementary…

As the first part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of discussions on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. The two agenda items are: (1) detailed consideration of the 1973-74 draft program and budget and of the 1973-78 draft medium-term outline, and (2) desirability of adopting an…

As the second part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of recommendations on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. Resolutions and budgetary appropriations are two major concerns in the document. The topics are related to the 1973-74 draft program and budget, the 1973-78 draft…

Cognitive preferences of 177 able, science-oriented high school students who participated in a secondary science training program at the University of Iowa in the summer were studied. A Biology Cognitive Preference Test (BCPT) was administered, in which 20 items required ranking and 20 items required rating on a four-point scale. The items were…

Describes a new TV series being produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) aimed at acquainting children 8 to 12 years old with the joys of science. The show is scheduled to be on the air by the fall of 1979. (GA)

This article describes a summer Field Astronomy course designed to give secondary students the opportunity to use the telescope as a laboratory instrument, to learn telescope optics, and to do experiments related to observation. The equipment is described and illustrated. (Author/MA)

Reviews the International Baccalaureate (IB) chemistry program. (SL)

Describes the Project City Science being conducted in New York City to develop ways of making existing junior high school science curriculum more effective and more meaningful to teachers and students. (SL)

The analyses of 17 secondary school science programs are based on searches of the instructional design of the products. The expected results, scope, methodology, and means of evaluation are analyzed and then explored for congruency. Basic descriptive information and other factors thought to be important are included. (Author/MLF)