Article's purpose is to acquaint teachers with the variety of index entries that children will encounter in their use of references. (Author)

Organized field trips in the tropics proved to be an effective way to gather new information about ferns. The areas of study covered were: systematics and ecology, cytology and gametophyte structure, and morphogenesis and physiology. (PS)

Reports the results of surveys of the use of animals by secondary school teachers and participants in science fairs. Recommends wider use of invertebrates and suggests sources of ideas for animal experiments. (AL)

A fifth-grade teacher describes a unit on advertising and commercials, with student reactions. (SP)

Counselor educators communicate a set of informal, convert attitudes, the silent curriculum. Rapid change alters one source of this silent curriculum, the teaching learning relationship. This article suggests possible changes in the counselor education process to encourage individualized instruction, Experimentation, and student involvement in…

When pre-test scores were used as the covariate, students taught by a conventional teacher-directed class were not significantly better on the post-test than students taught by a combination of independent study and teacher-directed methods; both groups achieved better than did a class using only independent study methods. (AL)

Suggests using common flowers as defined habitat for student entomology projects. Study on Heracleum Spondylium" illustrates possible scope. (AL)

Discusses the experimental procedures and equipment for exobiology projects at the high school level. An interdisciplinary approach involving electronic equipment and micro-biological laboratory techniques is used. Photographs and diagrams of equipment are included. Bibliography. (LC)

The model described here details the research proposal, recruitment of students, formation of the team, research process, and the benefits to students and faculty. (SK)