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Chen, Hsuan; Ruterbusch, Paul H. – American Journal of Physics, 1979
Discusses how holography can be used as part of undergraduate physics laboratories. The authors propose a single beam technique of holography, which will reduce the recording scheme as well as relax the isolation requirements. (HM)
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Optics
Orselli, Paul, Ed. – 1995
This guide includes complete installation descriptions of 30 exhibits. They include: the adjustable birthday cake, ball-in-tube, Bernoulli Box, chain wave, collapsible truss bridge, double wave device, eddy currents raceway, full-length mirror, geodesic domes, giant magnetic tangrams, harmonic cantilever, hyperboloid of revolution, lifting lever,…
Descriptors: Architecture, Chemistry, Demonstrations (Science), Educational Facilities

School Science Review, 1989
Twenty-two activities are presented. Topics include: acid rain, microcomputers, fish farming, school-industry research projects, enzymes, equilibrium, assessment, science equipment, logic, Archimedes principle, electronics, optics, and statistics. (CW)
Descriptors: Acid Rain, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, College Science
Walker, Jearl – Scientific American, 1988
Introduces optical experiments and observations for an airplane passenger including scratches on a window, scattering of light, and reflection images. Provides several diagrams. (YP)
Descriptors: Air Transportation, College Science, Higher Education, Light

Mathison, Charter Innes – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Described is the sequence of topics, learning activities, materials and demonstrations for the course. It is stressed that students can learn these skills in less than 30 hours of instruction. (CW)
Descriptors: Classification, College Science, Crystallography, Earth Science