This unit of instruction presents some important and interesting processes carried on daily in industry and which result in products with which the student is familiar. The student will be responsible for learning some reactions involving these chemical processes and the quantitative calculations of these reactions. Fractional distillation,…

This publication is a curriculum guide for conducting courses in power and transportation technology, and was prepared as a result of a Summer 1972 workshop. The courses suggested herein are recommended for the ninth grade level. Keeping in mind the different amount of time available in different institutions for such courses, the publication…

There are a number of significant obstacles in the path of the printed word, three of which are examined in this piece. (Editor)

Outlines the restrictions on videotaping television for educational purposes in England, which arise from the complexity and number of copyrights involved. Discusses possible changes in the law to allow videorecordings without permission but subject to a payment of a fee to be used to recompense copyright owners. (JMF)

This article aims to provide potential authors with some simple guidelines for the presentation of manuscripts for publication in the United Kingdom. An outline of how an educational publisher works and how authors fit into the overall picture are also included. (HM)

Responds to an article in the same issue by Ken Goodman concerning the basalization of picture books. Notes that basals will continue to change as beliefs and knowledge about the reading process advances. Sees no reason for the assumption that some hold truth and that anyone who has not seen the light holds devious intentions. (RS)

The author, another longtime supporter of the school jazz movement, examined the changes in educational literature for the jazz band. (Editor/RK)

In 1984, parents of a Minneapolis, Minnesota, ninth grader came before the school district's "Students' Right to Learn Committee" to object to what they described as a bowdlerized version of "Romeo and Juliet" in the Scott, Foresman text, and the publisher's failure to acknowledge in the text that the play was abridged. The…

The fundamentals of products liability law are provided to aid the engineer and engineering student in the design and manufacture of products that are not only safe but also in harmony with the demands of the law. (MLH)

The instructional booklet explores various occupations in the occupational cluster of manufacturing. In the first chapter, the student is briefly introduced to the occupational cluster concept and to the general area of manufacturing. Chapter 2 describes jobs involved in the production of materials and processing of goods. Chapter 3 discusses…

The present is a critical period in the existence of many academic publishers and especially among those developing textbooks and related educational materials for the college market. The drop in college enrollments combined with the increased costs of publishing and the amount of educational materials flooding the market in an unstructured manner…

This short, narrative pamphlet on the weather and the logger accompanies the appropriate grade level curriculum guide. (BP)

This short, narrative pamphlet accompanies the appropriate grade level curriculum guide. (BP)

This curriculum guide is based on 2 years of lectures and projects of a contemporary, special-interest aerospace program for promising students, ages 15-19. The program uses technical lectures, project activities and field trips to introduce students to the real engineering world of pioneering aerospace achievement, and the variety of skills and…