This digest explains how to inform high school students and their parents about the human genome project (HGP) and how the information from this milestone finding will affect future biological and medical research and challenge science educators. The sections include: (1) "The Emerging Legacy of the HGP"; (2) "Transforming How…

This study seeks to investigate the interrelationships between three areas of science education: (1) the nature of science (NOS); (2) socioscientific issues; and (3) critical thinking. More specifically, the research addresses three questions: (1) How do high school biology students conceptualize the meaning and interpretation of data, cultural…

This paper represents the results of research that involved volunteer high school students. Apprenticeship is a program in science and engineering that places students in science laboratories to provide them opportunities to improve their perspective on scientific principles and scientific inquiry. The study examined the effects of an eight-week…

Two topics are discussed: (1) Stomach Upset Caused by Aspirin, illustrating principles of acid-base equilibrium and solubility; (2) Physical Chemistry of the Drinking Duck, illustrating principles of phase equilibria and thermodynamics. (DF)

Focusing on the philosophical . . ., (Bacon) devised (the aphoristic style) . . . which fuses manner with the method and content of discourse." (Author/RD)

Maxwell's four major papers and some shorter publications relating to kinetic theory and statistical mechanics are discussed in the light of subsequent research. Reviews Maxwell's ideas on such topics as velocity, distribution law, the theory of heat conduction, the mechanism of the radiometer effect, the ergodic hypothesis, and his views on the…