A program model for the science preparation of the elementary school teacher is offered incorporating principles of relevant content selection, appropriate practice through experience, basic skill remediation, and integrated holistic science with an effort to relate what is being learned to the future role as teacher. (JMF)

During the month of February, eighth and ninth graders at a university school in Wyoming participate in a winter lake study. Descriptions are given of various measurement techniques related to water quality studies. (SA)

Discusses a method used at DePaul University of Chicago, Illinois, in a relativity course for students who are not science majors, emphasizing logical reasoning rather than memory of facts. (HM)

Presents the first of a series of articles that discuss the perception of sound and music. This series of articles is intended to provide an introduction to the broad subject of high-fidelity sound recording and reproduction. (HM)

Describes the status of teaching physics at Xaverian High School, Brooklyn, New York. The enrollment of students in physics, instructional materials, laboratory activities, and coordination between physics and mathematics are described. (HM)

Presents a set of criteria and procedures for the evaluation of the school curriculum from the perspective of lifelong education. The author also describes the relations between some parts of Swedish curricula and the principles of lifelong learning. (Author/HM)

Presents an outline, a description, and a methodology for teaching a course in the history and philosophy of science to high school students. (Author/SA)

Opportunities for high school students and adults to take courses in aviation education as part of the science curriculum in Wichita, Kansas, are described. (Author/SA)

The Assessment of Inquiry Potential (AIP) instrument, a tool for classifying scientific materials on the basis of their potential for inquiry learning, is presented and discussed. (MK)

Describes laboratory experiments of a chemistry course on advanced process control. The equipment for the process around which these experiments were developed by the University of Louisville was constructed from data provided by Exxon Oil Company. (HM)

Reports a study to discover a relationship between science process skills of secondary school students and their sex, age, grade in school, interest in careers in science, and number of completed science courses. Results indicate a relationship exists, although it is not strong. (Author/SA)

Data pertaining to the number of science teachers and the population trends in England are presented. Several curriculum predictions are given based on the data. (SA)

Describes activities of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Agriculture and Mechanical University (A&M) of Texas. Brief history of Texas (A&M) University's graduate and undergraduate programs, research efforts and the foreseeable future of the department are also included. (HM)

Describes an undergraduate chemical engineering course which was designed at North Carolina State University to introduce the experimental side of chemical process technology. The course lectures, experiments, objectives, evaluation and information sources are also discussed. (HM)

Describes a chemistry course for nonspecialist chemistry students at Sheffield University, England. Visitations to establishments within a twenty-mile radius of the school are listed. Emphasis is on the theory and practice of chemistry and the social implications of science. (SA)