Described is a course on animal behavior offered for high school students grade 10-12. The course has a biology prerequisite and includes units on behavior patterns, communication, courtship patterns, territories, and social groups. (SL)

Six areas of learning common to mathematics and science are discussed: sorting and classifying, measuring, using spatial and time relationships, interpreting data, communicating, and formulating and interpreting models. Examples of available materials are cited for each category. (DT)

Recently an elementary school teacher asked, "Is the 'new' elementary school science really dead?" This writing examines the teacher's question in terms of the impact the "new" science appears to have had on elementary science education. (Author/RK)

Lists ten science objectives from which primary teachers chose the six most important to teach. Statistical data revealed two cluster groups of teachers; one that preferred objectives involving active student exploration, the other preferring objectives involving orderly, critical handling of information. (CS)

Summarizes 13 papers presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with computer-assisted tutorial and graphical instruction of chemistry. (MLH)

Data from questionnaires sent to every college and university in the United States ascertained that 26 percent of the 223 responding major institutions offered a bioethics course, most frequently presented by the biology department to medical students and taught most frequently by professors of ethics and philosophy background. Questionnaire and…

Describes individualized television instruction involving active student participation, where experiments on air breathing in fish and shoot growth were videotaped. Students collected data directly from the television screen. Student accuracy was found to be excellent; reactions to the medium were found to be apathetic. Reasons for apathy are…

Describes a simplified model for summarizing ecological relationships. The components of the ecological triangle are biotic, abiotic materials, and abiotic conditions. Discusses three-way component interactions, population studies, limiting factors of pollution on humans, and difficulties in establishing casual relationships in field research. (CS)

Relates various experiences that illustrate one teacher's way of dealing with teaching problems common in inner-city schools. (MLH)

Presents the complete 1974 Advanced Placement Physics B Examination and an answer key to the multiple-choice section. (MLH)

Analyzes the influence of American society upon American sociology, reviews the contributions of major American sociologists, and provides a history of the development of sociology as a discipline in the United States. (Author/DB)

Describes the Integrated Science sequence at Howard Community College (Maryland). The courses in this sequence incorporate principles from biology, chemistry, and physics to offer a broad view of science and to assist students in integrating the key principles within these disciplines. (DC)

The use of computers in the science classrooms of Great Britain is reviewed. Major emphasis is given to the Computer Aided Learning (CAL) Packages. Criteria which justify the development and use of CAL materials are illustrated through reference to and description of specific packages. (BT)

Attitudes of high school students were measured after one semester of a conventional lecture chemistry course and again after a second semester using Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chemistry modules. Results showed that one instrument revealed no significant difference but the other indicated a positive attitude change for each instrument item.…

Individual interviews of second grade students revealed five qualitatively different concepts of the earth. Audiotutorial lessons used in this study did not result in significant advances in children's concept of the earth. (MLH)