DESIGNED FOR STUDENT USE, THIS MANUAL PRESENTS RELATED INFORMATION AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS FOR A 1-YEAR COURSE IN APPLIED PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY ESSEX COUNTY AUTOMOTIVE TEACHERS. CONTENT HEADINGS ARE -- (1) MATTER AND ITS PROPERTIES (15 EXPERIMENTS), (2) MECHANICS (4 EXPERIMENTS), (3) HEAT (3 EXPERIMENTS), (4) ELECTRICITY (8 EXPERIMENTS), (5) SOUND, AND (6) LIGHT. EACH EXPERIMENT LISTS THE NECESSARY MATERIALS, PROCEDURES, AND CONCLUSIONS. NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PROVIDED, MOST OF WHICH ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OR LINE DRAWINGS. STUDENTS MAY BE EITHER HIGH SCHOOL OR POST-SECONDARY LEVEL. THE TEACHER SHOULD BE CERTIFIED AND HAVE A SCIENCE-AUTOMOTIVE BACKGROUND. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR $2.00 FROM THE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL CURRICULUM LABORATORY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, 10 SEMINARY PLACE, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY 08903. (EM)