This article describes the Frank Reade dime novels, published in 1882, that are now recognized as the beginnings of the modern science fiction novel in the United States. They illustrate the hope that Americans of the time held for the future that newly invented technology could offer. Although the Frank Reade stories highlighted the promise of…

Described is the biography of Paul DeHart Hurd as a science educator. Included are anecdotes from his high school story, through studying and teaching experiences, through professional careers, to present activities. Appended is his bibliography of publications, monographs, books, and papers. (YP)

This teacher's edition of "A Manual of Experiments in Elementary Science" includes full directions and explanations regarding all manipulation, answers to all the questions in the "Student's Manual," diagrams, and additional hints and suggestions. The work covers elementary science experiment outlines adapted for use with…

This paper examines how the revolution in human thinking, with the smaller revolution in astronomy begun by Nicolus Copernicus, has plunged science educators into the new Age of Information. Examples which illustrate this development and change in human thinking (from Copernicus' time to the present) are provided from such disciplines as…

This set of laboratory exercises in general science is an outgrowth of courses given by the author in methods of teaching secondary school sciences. Many of the exercises have enough material for more than one lesson and should be subdivided to suit teaching conditions. The emphasis placed in these lessons upon the interests of the individual, in…

This student's edition of the "Manual of Experiments in Elementary Science" provides elementary science experiment outlines adapted for use with classes in the upper grammar grades, the junior high school, and the first and second years of the high school. The Manual can be used with any text dealing with beginning science, whether…

Describes the scientific work of several women, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Ida Noddack, Irene Curie, Marguerite Perey, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Maria Mayer. Discusses the connections between their discoveries. Thirty-six references are listed. (YP)

Discusses 5 innovative experiments conducted by Rutherford in early 1900s utilizing the 30 milligrams of radium salt he personally carried from Europe to Canada in 1903. Traces his work with alpha particles from his original results which determined their nature, charge, and mass, to his technique of backscattering which helped to advance…

This textbook has been organized on a seasonal basis. Subject matter has been arranged throughout so it will be suitable for the season of the year in which it normally will be studied. To test reading ability, different forms of new-type tests have been included at the end of every chapter under the heading, "Some Things to Think…

This textbook is second in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is third in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is fourth in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is fifth in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is sixth in a series of science readers. Each volume of the series is organized on the basis of seasons and contains the material for a year of instruction. Throughout the series the authors have kept in mind the psychology of the child rather than the orderly scientific arrangement of the subject matter. The vocabulary of each book…

This textbook is fourth in a series of science readers with reading a subject matter suitable for Grammar Grades. The lessons themselves are sufficiently full and definite to enable the teacher to find out for herself both the matter and method for the preliminary lessons, whenever such are needed. [For Book III, see ED623472.]