Presents a technique for obtaining a rough measure of the brightness among different stars. Materials needed include a standard 35-mm camera, a plastic ruler, and a photo enlarger. Although a telescope can be used, it is not essential. (JN)

Includes nine articles originally printed in the School Press Review between 1927 and 1971 that provide suggestions on student newspapers, yearbooks, advertising, photography, and television. (TO)

Provides 29 steps for conscientious high school photojournalists to follow, including tips on making a good print. (RL)

Provides information about the field of remote sensing, including discussions of geo-synchronous and sun-synchronous remote-sensing platforms, the actual physical processes and equipment involved in sensing, the analysis of images by humans and machines, and inexpensive, small scale methods, including aerial photography. (CS)

Provides an argument for contracting an outside photographer to come to the school to take senior pictures for the school yearbook. (HOD)

Shows how photography and photographic processes can be used as a metaphor for describing writing and writing processes and, thus, can be a useful teaching tool. Discusses subject, focus, arrangement, and style. Describes how a writing teacher can use all this as a means of illustrating various aspects of the writing process. (SR)

Outlines eight steps for beginning student photojournalists on improving their picture-taking skills: (1) back to basics; (2) less is more; (3) be versatile; (4) composition has little to do with the subject; (5) have a plan; (6) take pictures of people, not events; (7) move your body; and (8) get away from emotional photography. (PA)

Finds that the recent National Press Photographers Association code of ethics can serve as a model for any photography staff. Discusses how digital imaging is becoming commonplace in classrooms, due to decreasing costs and easier software. Explains digital terminology. Concludes that time saved in the darkroom and at the printer is now spent on…

Suggests that capturing photographs that have "stopping power" should not be an impossible task, but a reality for student photographers. Lists 19 recent publications and web sites on photography and photojournalism. Discusses ways for scholastic photographers to take pictures with stopping power. (RS)

Describes how one school-publication adviser integrated two students who were Educable Mentally Retarded into the yearbook staff. Discusses the students' success at learning photography, photo development, layout, and caption writing. Notes how the whole staff benefitted. (SR)

Offers suggestions and techniques for taking picutres so that students can view them and discover common characteristics for themselves, review for tests, and prepare for lab work. (LS)