Described is the use of an interactive terminal-oriented computing system that has access to files of thermodynamics data. (Author/SA)

Describes a scheme for teaching physics in secondary schools. Included is a brief description of the scheme as it was tested in a Yugoslavian secondary school. (SA)

Describes the use of interviews with children ranging in age from 6 to 13 to identify patterns of children's beliefs in the area of heat and temperature. Also discusses how this knowledge might be used in an instructional setting. (HM)

Explains the origins of quasi-history in physics, and its aims of providing a framework for relevant scientific facts. Presents a large number of examples and discusses their effects on attitudes of students and others toward physics and science in general. (GA)

Presents a nuclear power plant simulation game which is designed to involve a class of 30 junior or senior high school students. Scientific, ecological, and social issues covered in the game are also presented. (HM)

Explains how to use sticky tape, a soda straw, and a little water to build a device which will demonstrate Charles' law as well as give the temperature. (GA)

Checks on the logarithmic property of the eye in receiving light, by using estimation methods of how much brighter a light bulb looks than does its image in a window glass. (GA)

Describes a new physics program which depends mainly on student performed experiments and investigations, and subscribes to Piaget's learning and developmental theories. (GA)

Discusses the nature and scope of physics questions which are included in Medical College Admission Tests, as represented by recently published sample questions in the student manual. Urges physics teachers to be aware of the existence of some ambiguous questions in the test. (GA)

Artists use red, yellow, and blue as primary colors, whereas physicists use red, green, and blue. Explains the reason using the spectra of mixtures of red, green, blue, and yellow tempera obtained with a Carey spectrophotometer. (GA)

Presents a method of studying RLC circuits with the help of the oscilloscope in the XYZ mode, complemented by an electronic device which generates a marker-trace on the screen and which is used to measure frequencies without the need of a reference point on the screen. (Author/GA)

Describes an exercise developed by the author to help college students to become familiar with the technique of photoelectric photometry of variable stars and permits each student to work with data he or she has personally obtained. (HM)

Presents a comparison of Thai and American fifth and eighth

Describes a high school physics course taught by independent study during one-half of the class time. Discusses the use of student projects, minicourses, term papers, and do-it-yourself field trips. (MLH)

Describes a method that uses energy from the sun, absorbed by aluminum discs, to melt ice, and allows the determination of the solar constant. The take-home equipment includes Styrofoam cups, a plastic syringe, and aluminum discs. (MLH)