By means of portable laboratory modules and instructional materials, it is possible to construct a home study program in most technologies, as a technical institute and a proprietary school have done, creating a career path by which students can earn an Associate Degree in Electronics, mainly through correspondence study. (AJ)

Considered how music can be integrated in the open classroom through Project Quest, a program designed to utilize student interest in music. (Editor/RK)

Describes a laboratory exercise in ethology that has proven to be successful in teaching the analytical power of biological observation to students at the University of Wisconsin. (JR)

Describes student activities with mercuric oxide and mercury that help them to form models of the solar system and its creation. (JR)

Discusses the use of programmed scripts, textbooks, films, and cassette tapes to conduct a self-instruction laboratory course. Indicates the presence of marked positive effects on the development of the students' ability to plan their own experiments. (CC)

Describes an activity using simple materials that gives students an opportunity to express their ideas about possible extraterrestrial life forms. (JR)

Describes how student understanding and interest in the metric system system can be stimulated by building and launching model rockets. (JR)

Described is a physics course developed for seventh grade students. Emphasis is placed on developing basic skills and, as part of this objective, students construct their own scientific equipment. A sample lesson illustrates the methods and objectives used for this course. (JP)

Discusses a simplified Millikan oil-drop experiment which emphasizes the enplanation of basic concepts in mechanics and electrostatics, the use of home-made apparatus, the request for an individual's observation of his own drop, and the application of statistical analysis in data interpretation. (CC)

Describes several experiments, suitable for secondary school biology classes, using the bioluminescent marine bacterium, Achromobacter fischeri. (JR)

Discusses the development of a one-year laboratory course in an effort to provide a link between traditional laboratories devoted to a single area of chemistry and the total involvement of a single narrow research project. Included are outlines of 32-hour lectures and 11 experiments performed in the integrated course. (CC)