This inventory system for agricultural mechanics shop supplies is designed to remove some of the drudgery from the inventory process and to provide a better system than is employed in many schools. (HD)

The classroom models were developed and illustrated by the Secondary Exploration of Technology Project (SET) for new ninth grade courses in industrial arts. (Communication lab, materials lab, power lab, and the total facility layout). (Author)

Industrial arts students at Litchfield (Minnesota) High School designed and built a solar furnace for research and experimentation and to help heat the industrial arts department. A teacher describes the construction process and materials and the temperature record keeping by the physics classes. Student and community interest has been high. (MF)

This article tells how to start a high school course in motorcycle maintenance and includes names and addresses of some motorcycle manufacturers and a list of needed tools, equipment, and materials. (MF)

A study was conducted to provide data about noise levels as a potential health hazard for students and instructors involved in vocational agriculture shop operations in Missouri. The grinder and radial arm saw were determined to be potential noise problems if operated continuously for 15 minutes or longer. (LRA)

Typical objections to the inclusion of electricity instruction in the high school agricultural mechanics program (inadequate teacher preparation, equipment, and references) are met with proposed solutions in an outlined instructional unit which includes five lesson topics, suggested in-class and home farm learning activities, and illustrations of…

Cellular learning refers to both arrangement of shop equipment and addition of new course materials for a contemporary manufacturing curriculum. The concept is an accumulation of ideas and strategies for the instruction and training of students. It also provides a method for consolidating old equipment and adding group technology. (CH)

Describes the use of a problem-solving approach to assist special needs students in conceptualizing safety rules so that safety rule use will be applied in the vocational shop environment. (JOW)

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)

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

The author's specific instructions (which are presented) for converting machine shop tools to the metric system involve students in a do-it-yourself conversion process. (HD)

To find out why some girls are reluctant to join all-male shop classes, a New Jersey project enlisted nine area vocational-technical schools to ask them. Each school placed girls in traditional male shops, gave them pre- and posttests, and had them keep daily logs. The reports indicated that the girls were less worried about handling the work than…