Describes a high school summer program in field ecology designed to give students a first-hand understanding of their own biotic environment, to acquaint them with the organisms, relationships, and complexities of local habitats, and to introduce them to the methods and techniques of discovering and gathering information about nature. (JR)

A remedial biology course that employed six planned strategies to guide program activity is described. Team planning and team teaching, mastery learning, process skill emphasis, technology emphasis, positive reinforcement grading, attendance incentives, student achievement, student attitudes, parent attitudes, and implications are topics of…

Describes an elective biology program offered at Lawrence High School (Kansas) that emphasizes basic field biology, ecology, conservation, camping, first aid, mountaineering, and map reading. Groups of students spend two weeks in the Rocky Mountains developing knowledge and skills in these areas. (JR)

Described is a biochemistry program designed for highly motivated secondary students entering their junior or senior years. The course was organized around lecture-discussions, laboratories, and a research project. Student course achievement and evaluation feedback appear to imply that the biochemistry program was successful. (Author/MA)