Described is a physics course for nonscience majors taught at Temple University. The course focused on physical principles related to sports activities. (RH)

Described is an astronomy program at Moorhead State College (Minnesota) for liberal arts students. Facilities and equipment and factors related to the program's success are discussed. Suggestions to others who may want to develop such programs are given. (Author/RH)

Article investigated Nuffield curriculum reforms, their effect on science learning and the overall success of these reforms. (Author/RK)

Attempts to bridge the "gulf of mutual incomprehension" between natural science and the humanities and suggests that exploration of recurrent themata may provide some keys to mutual understanding. (Editor)

Comments related to the reorganization of the higher education system in China in recent years are presented. Interviews with staff members of Peking's universities and colleges resulted in a better understanding of some of the trends and problems prevailing and these facts are summarized. (EB)

Presents two notes regarding the article "The Flow of Chemists" published in the January issue of 'Education in Science' (61 page 21) related to declining numbers of chemistry students in higher education. Both writers suggest different syllabuses requiring less math and a better match of material to student ability and understanding. (EB)

Article examined many available multimedia materials that could help students learn to paint vivid word pictures and to express their personal feelings through poetry. (Author/RK)

This brief article describes the author's experiences producing an ETV series in Ghana on general science. The series was based on a previously prepared Two Year Introductory Science Syllabus, using television to present experiments and demonstrations that would have been difficult or impossible to bring to the classroom. (LS)

The Mobile Teacher Program was designed to improve the social studies and science curricula in the Indian River School District, Delaware. The objective of the program for the 1973 fiscal year was to increase the skills of sixth-grade students in social studies and science a) by one grade level on a nationally standardized test compared to…

This document reports on a 2-day meeting which began with introductory sessions designed around the self-directed planning guides for personalizing learning in science developed by the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education of the University of Texas. Working with this inquiry-oriented science curriculum, it is reported, served as…

This study investigated whether pass-fail elective options at the undergraduate level will encourage education majors to break away from previous patterns of elective choice and choose more courses in various scientific and mathematical disciplines. Two hundred sixty-three education students at Queens College of the City University of New York…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 9 and 10. SUBJECT MATTER: Biology I. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: After the introductory material and a bibliography of reference materials and teaching aids, the guide is divided into four units: 1) The Historical Development of Biology, 2) Unity of Patterns of Living Things, 3) Diversity of Structure and…

This is a 1971 reprint of the 1966 syllabus designed to encourage the utilization of such basic concepts as the conservation of energy, the conservation of momentum, and the conservation of charge in related areas rather than in isolation. It is presented in such a way as to show the importance of these ideas as unifying concepts which can be…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 7. SUBJECT MATTER: Science and Social Studies. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: This guide presents a series of earth sciences units which would have interdisciplinary potential specifically in the area of social studies. Introductory material includes a rationale, evaluation procedures, 44 "key" environmental concepts,…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: This guide has been organized according to grade level. Introductory materials indicate the basic approach and the major objectives for science education. Each unit is divided into two columns: skills and concepts and activities and resources. Materials for…