Discusses the use or misuse of statistics or probability in society. Presented are examples from opinion polling, sports, the 1970 draft lottery, and the law. Lists 18 references. (YP)

Described are one-atmosphere and compressed-gas technologies used for investigating the environment beneath the surface of the ocean. Suggestions for teaching this information to high school students are provided. (CW)

Presents examples of incorporating environmental issues into lesson plans to raise the level of students' environmental awareness. Topics include: ecology, taxonomy, biochemistry, energy reactions, cell structure and function, genetics and development, and human biology. (JRH)

Discussed is the development of the science-technology-society (STS) rationale for curriculum and instruction. Presented is an effort to strengthen the rationale behind STS education by applying to it parallel theory and research taken for the wider curriculum field. (KR)

Assesses and profiles the science technology, and society (STS) views, positions, beliefs, attitudes, and literacy of social studies and science prospective teachers and of practicing secondary school social studies and science teachers. Significant differences between the aforementioned groups are discussed. (ZWH)

Details a project in which students assess the health of two seemingly different streams by conducting chemical and biological tests. Focuses on student and teacher use of a watershed educational project in Tennessee. (DDR)

Enumerates concerns that educators have regarding the use of student data-collection tools such as the computer-based laboratory (CBL) and the microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL). Compares various types of data-collection technologies. (DDR)

Describes a teaching-exchange visit between the United Kingdom and the United States that reveals the dangers of making too many cultural assumptions. Differences can be traced to long-term cultural divergence and different technologies. (DDR)

Describes a Chemistry and Art project developed for secondary students and teachers sponsored by the National Gallery and The Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom. Discusses aspects of the techniques used in creating five paintings as well as the chemistry involved in their making, deterioration, conservation, and restoration.…

Presents results of a pretest/posttest measure for assessing scientific literacy that was given to a general biology class for nonmajors. Test questions are listed and include items covering popular biology-related misconceptions. (WRM)

Offers a critical examination of some of the basic claims of studies that employ ideas from social constructivism and the sociology of scientific knowledge. Argues that social constructivism cannot explain some of the most characteristic features of the physical sciences. Contains 26 references. (DDR)

Presents a case study of the teaching of an environmental issue in the physical science curriculum at a Dutch secondary school. Focuses on the interaction between the development of the teaching unit and its use in classroom practice from the student perspective. (DDR)

Reports on the implementation of engineering design projects in two dozen secondary-science classrooms in the United States following an inservice professional-development course conducted at a university engineering college. Contains 28 references. (DDR)

Seeks to justify the inclusion of meteorology within the science curriculum. Reflects upon the nature of science and some current issues in science education, and examines the reality of including meteorology within worldwide science curricula. Contains 37 references. (Author/DDR)

Examines the level of environmental consciousness of students in an educational system where curriculum objectives are shaped by public examinations. Findings indicate that respondents have only a limited understanding of environmental issues, especially in regard to objectives like synthesis and evaluation. Contains 53 references. (Author/DDR)