Thirteen federal agencies offer a total of 68 programs related to energy education, extension and information activities. Chapter 1 of this report describes these energy outreach programs. Chapter 2 addresses: (1) procedures for minimizing potential conflict between federal energy outreach efforts and those offered by the private sector, (2) the…

Discusses methods that can be used to encourage students to use chemical principles to evaluate claims made in advertising. Considers weight loss diets, structure and properties, and reproducibility of evidence. (CW)

Background information, learning activities, and educational resources for a lesson unit on food additives is provided. Advantages and disadvantages of additives are discussed. (PP)

It is the health educator's responsibility to provide the consumer with information about toxic shock syndrome (TSS). An educational program should be developed which would encompass four areas: a description of TSS, an outline of theorized causes, a discussion of tampon health risks, and mechanisms for consumer action. (JN)

Pre- and post-test evaluations indicate the success of a consumer education program developed to provide elementary grade students with learning activities and consequent attitudes and values in buying. (CM)

Presents an interdisciplinary unit on consumer product testing. Introduces students to term bias in predictions and investigates the claims in advertisements with research to make a decision on products. (YDS)

Parents play a role in their children's consumer education by helping them distinguish between consumer necessities and digressionary consumption practices. Strategies for children's consumer education are outlined, and programs for money management are described. (LB)

An outgrowth of three seminars sponsored by the State Library of Florida and the Florida Health Science Library Association in June 1985 for public, institution, and health sciences librarians, this guide is a direct response to those librarians' requests for help in letting their communities know that their libraries are accessible and reliable…

A consumer education outreach project used a community, off-campus laboratory approach with fifty-seven girls and ten boys from high schools in the Santa Barbara area in the development of a program to better prepare students to meet the challenges of everyday living. The assumption made was that motivation to learn would increase in…

As a description of a module series system that utilizes the subject of consumer education to illustrate five specific teaching methods/strategies/techniques, information concerning the purposes, goals, and objectives of the program, the scope and sequencing of the modules, the material dealt with in the accompanying audiovisual aids, and the…

Discusses some of the differences between margarine and butter, focusing on the chemical differences. Provides a brief historical overview of the development of both commodities. Describes the manufacture of butter and of margarine, and details the differences in chemical composition and nutritive contents. (TW)

Discusses (1) the rationale for teaching college courses in shopping centers; (2) advantages to stores, students, and faculty; and (3) university procedures for the courses. Describes the content of a chemistry course including adaptations to the lack of lab facilities. Student reactions to the course are considered. (JM)

Consumer education activities for secondary, adult, and special needs students are described in "What Does It Cost to Run a Home?" by John and Joseph Gindele; "Taking the Show on the Road" by Linda Lewis; "Special Home Ec Program" by Marty Nelson; and "Understanding Civil Law" by Michael Weis. (SK)

A course designed to educate individuals in the responsible use of prescription and nonprescription drugs, offered to the entire student body at the University of Minnesota, is outlined and evaluated. (MSE)

Multimedia instruction was used to teach three secondary students with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities to locate grocery items by reading words on aisle signs. Results indicate that the multimedia program was effective in teaching generalized reading of the associated word pairs and location of the grocery items in the store. (Contains…