Summarizes workshop notes on the use of a variety of test dipsticks to determine qualitative and quantitative aspects for several common food items. Discusses availability, tests, and uses for these dipsticks: Merckoquant, Clinistix, and Multimix. (CS)

Cites 10 goals of career education. Makes suggestions regarding ways in which career education can be integrated into today's science curricula. Teacher attitudes are discussed as having a powerful influence on students. (CS)

Presents a method for estimating the energy difference between two tautomers of an alpha-amino acid. (CS)

Seven texts and multimedia kits for inservice training in mainstreaming are described and evaluated. (SJL)

This selected annotated bibliography of bibliographic reference sources to current children's books is intended for use by educators and other professionals. Twenty-six brief annotations discuss the merits and weaknesses of each guide with respect to its intent, scope, and approach. (RAA)

Health games and simulations which are inexpensive and require minimal preparation time are presented. Learning activities focus on drug knowledge, reproductive system knowledge, nutrition information, and alcohol abuse. (JN)

Argues for a more creative use of media and for a more personal involvement in media selection. Lists resources to help in this activity. (FL)

Tips for teachers on where and how to search for state history materials. (SJL)

Suggests methods and materials for class discussions of local water resources and conservation. (SJL)

Describes methods through which preschool children learn problem solving by active involvement with resource materials. (Author/DB)

Discusses resource material to help teachers locate children's books in Spanish. (NCR)

Provides information about the field of remote sensing, including discussions of geo-synchronous and sun-synchronous remote-sensing platforms, the actual physical processes and equipment involved in sensing, the analysis of images by humans and machines, and inexpensive, small scale methods, including aerial photography. (CS)

Relates pottery making to chemistry by providing chemical information about clay, its origin, composition, properties, and changes that occur during firing; also describes glaze compositions, examples of redox chemistry, salt glazing, crystalline glazes, and problems in toxicity. (CS)

Reviews primary routes of entry and potential hazards related to chemicals commonly found in artists' materials. Tables list the uses and hazards of solvents and airborne particulates and dusts. (CS)

Cites advantages to a guided design method of instruction for general chemistry, in which the traditional lecture and linear development of subject matter are partly or totally discarded for small group work on a series of structured projects. (CS)