Using the design and production of a ceramic container as a student activity, the authors present a method to involve industrial arts students in creative problem solving. Students are provided with a problem that requires them to inventory their industrial arts facilities and available materials to solve the problem. (CT)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of competency based instruction. Points out that, while not a cure-all, individualized instruction is one of the best available teaching tools. (JOW)

A discussion of the teacher responsibility to student with regard to safety in the shop. (HD)

Describes how schools in Carroll County, Maryland; Toronto, Ontario; Durham, North Carolina; Englewood, Colorado; and Troy, New York, are renovating their vocational areas for inquiry-based, hands-on science learning. Includes sample floor plans and photographs. (EV)

In the metals program at Rincon High School in Tucson, Arizona beginners in the metalshop can benefit from the assistance of advanced students. (BP)

This bulletin provides standards and recommendations for facilities to be used for high school agricultural departments. Consideration is given to classroom and shop space, storage space, heating, lighting, wiring, plumbing, and ventilation. Tools and equipment needed for the shop are listed in an appendix. Floor plans for shop facilities designed…

The document is divided according to the four different kinds of sheets presented. The first section contains assignment sheets on 28 machine shop topics and supplementary transparencies. Included in the information presented is the title of the sheet, the unit and occupation to which it applies, the objective, reference for information,…

The most common multimedia teaching aids are discussed in the context of machine shop instruction. The advantages and disadvantages of each approach are also presented. (Author)

Better utilization of facilities through consideration of the factors presented in the article can help meet the spatial needs for relevant and responsible vocational education programs. (Author/EC)

The directory provides an extensive and up-to-date list of sources of equipment and supplies needed in shop work. The list is cross-referenced and arranged according to subject area. (Author/EC)

Principles, methods, and materials for a laboratory experiment in the generation of methane gas as an alternative energy source are described and illustrated by an industrial arts professor and student for students in power and energy. (MF)

Locally produced brick and Idaho White Pine laminated wood are used in building a combination gymnasium/shop constructed to withstand climatic extremes. (MF)