This booklet brings the student some knowledge of drugs and how they are used and abused by people. Fourteen lessons for independent study are presented. Each lesson starts with a pretest for self-assessment purposes. If the score on the pretest indicates the student would benefit from further study on the particular lesson, general subject matter…

The Science Curriculum Improvement Study has developed this teacher's guide to Environments, the fourth part of a six unit life science curriculum sequence. The six basic units, emphasizing organism-environment interactions, are organisms, life cycles, populations, environments, communities, and ecosystems, and make use of scientific and…

In the one-day annual Fair, students from junior and senior high schools in Dade County participate in a variety of activities including displays, slide shows, plays, films, debates, and a college bowl competition. The events provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in the social studies and exchange ideas with…

Two significant aspects of the urban environment, air and water, are focused upon in this instructional aid pamphlet. For each component, the range of possible studies is surveyed, together with the state of the situation and associated problems. Sample experiments are suggested and their test procedures outlined. Where special equipment,…

This document reviews the student-initiated program IMPACT, developed at Concordia Teachers College, Nebraska. The purpose of this volunteer program was to create opportunities for students to become involved with people and society in general as soon as they arrive on campus. A pattern of "withdrawal and return" is created. Students…

An unemployed poet obtained a CETA public service job as a teacher's aide in Marin County, California, where he has guided elementary children's imaginative projects. His experiences are described. He has published a volume of the children's verse under the title "Love Is Like a Squished Banana." (AJ)

Describes a project option in a preservice biology methods course in which photographic techniques are developed as students work on a photographic project related to biology teaching. (LS)

Provides analytical and experimental comparisons of calculations in which the vertical trajectory of a model rocket is determined. (CP)

Describes an instructional format for introductory undergraduate earth science in which students work in small groups on topics of interest in earth science-related fields. (CP)

Secondary-level activities include throwing dice to model exponential growth, measuring caloric values, and determining the efficiency of fluorescent and incandescent lighting. Students also measure the amount of heat absorbed in a closed car in the sun, and "spin" a good life web in order to visualize the entanglements of a high standard of…

For a woods curriculum project, senior high students designed and built a tool cart needed in the elementary school industrial arts classes. Photographs of two carts of different design, diagrams, and list of materials are included. (MF)

A law school term paper project for a course in preventative law is described which requires students to gather information concerning a client and use it to judge legal health. The project requirements, a list of the contents of the "Manual for Periodic Checkup," and a copy of the form used to obtain legal documents are appended. (JMD)

Socioeconomic projects are needed in trade unions' educational programs, according to the author, who notes the educational needs of Asian rural workers and the importance of cooperatives for these people. (MF)

The author uses a student-directed game-creation exercise to evaluate student learning in a freshman level university geography course. Students are instructed to develop a game demonstrating knowledge of basic population-resource interactions which have been discussed in classes during the course. (Author/AV)