This report is excerpted from a much more extensive volume, entitled PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE, VOLUME 1, the final report of the Physics Survey Committee. The Physics Survey Committee was appointed by the President of the National Academy of Sciences in mid-1969 and charged with an examination of the status, opportunities, and problems of physics in…

The student materials present lessons about occupations related to environmental control, stationary engineering, and refrigeration. Included are 18 units organized by objective, information, reference, procedure, and assignment. Each lesson involves concrete trade experience where science is applied. Unit titles are: safety and housekeeping,…

Presented are brief descriptions of the activities of the directors of projects related to new courses, curricula, teaching hardware, and other mechanisms designed to provide more and better learning experiences for students in areas of science, mathematics, and engineering in higher education. The publication provides information about these…

The goals of the Stevens Technical Enrichment Program (STEP) are to seek out economically and educationally deprived high school students who show potential in science and mathematics, and to train and motivate these students to enter college. Students were selected from high schools in Hoboken and Newark, New Jersey, as well as from New York…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten--grade 6. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory section deals with objectives, scope, sequences, and units. The main body of the guide deals with activities and lists materials, with illustrations. The guide is offset printed and bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND…

Provided are the printed instructional materials for the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) Unit Position and Motion. This unit is a continuation of the part of the teaching program centering on space-time relations. The principle new idea introduced in this unit is that of the reference frame, a systematic selection of reference objects…

This guide is designed to provide teachers (grade 2) with a ready resource for planning, organizing, and teaching science to the elementary child. Many suggested activities will provide an enriched science program. Each unit lists estimated time, content, concepts or "understandings," problems to deal with, activities, suggestions for…

Examined are two controversial areas in science education related to elementary education majors: (1) use of science content courses, and (2) use of science methods courses. The author attempts to determine whether education majors who were taking a professional course in the teaching of science differ from non-education majors taking a comparable…

This course in advanced biology is entitled "Advanced Genetics" and is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of seven units of study, and 15 behavioral objectives relating to these units are stated. The topics covered include a review of genetics,…

This course entitled "Botany" is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of five units of study, and 20 behavioral objectives relating to these units are stated. The topics covered include the classification of plants, morphology, plant…

This course entitled "Advanced Botany" is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of three units of study, and eight behavioral objectives relating to these units are stated. The topics covered include plant cells and taxonomy, functions and…

This course entitled "Area Fish and Game Ecology" is one of a series of instructional guides prepared by teachers for the Sahuarita High School (Arizona) Career Curriculum Project. It consists of nine units of study, and 18 behavioral objectives relating to these units are stated. The topics covered include map projections, map symbols and…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in two parts--the background, philosophy, and instructional principles of science teaching, including a resource unit model, and the development by grade level of the various basic scientific concepts. The guide also includes information of…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to help children discover specific concepts which relate to sound, such as volume, pitch, and echo. The student activities employ important scientific processes, such as observation, communication, inference, classification,…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to promote children's natural curiosity and to help those who show a reluctance to work with animals to overcome some of their fears. The student activities employ important scientific processes, such as observation,…