This booklet is one in the "World of the Atome Series" for junior high school students and their teachers. It describes the fascinating story of the search for the key to the structure of matter. These topics are reviewed: the chemical atom of the 19th century, the planetary atom, the wave atom, inside the elementary particles, and the mystery of…

The intent of including history in physics courses is to give young students an increased sense of their own identities and a better understanding of their potential roles in our culture, as well as to show that physics is a valuable activity because it enlarges the variety of human experience. A review of the status of history in secondary school…

Included are most guides for a one-year course in senior high school chemistry. The guides may be interchanged at the teacher's discretion, following any text sequence or course outline. Each guide consists of six sections: (1) an approach, which briefly discusses the unit in terms of background material, pitfalls to be avoided, and suggested…

Remarks presented at the Southeastern Regional Conference on the Social Sciences and Environmental Education, held at Athens, Georgia, are compiled in this document. Two major conference addresses are reported in their entirety: "International Programs in Environmental Education" by Dr. Jan Cerovsky, Education Executive Officer,…

Fifty-six books and thirty-five periodical articles are listed in this bibliography on the British infant school. The periodical articles, and a few of the books, are not annotated. (KM)

The dramatic events of Apollo 13 are summarized in this collection of photographs, descriptions, and portions of dialog between the astronauts and Mission Control. What was planned as the third manned lunar landing resulted in a perilous rescue with the lunar module serving as a lifeboat to supply necessary power after an explosion disabled the…

The Wabash Valley Education Center serves a 13-county area in north-central and northwest Indiana. The Center has two goals: 1) to assist local school systems in devising and developing curricular innovations and aiding in the development of teaching procedures and teaching materials and 2) to serve as a demonstration center. Two main services are…

Evaluated was the impact of computer based resource units on teacher decision making and the teaching/learning process by analysis of 18 doctoral dissertations, a 1969 analysis of teacher reactions, and a continuing analysis of evaluation forms returned by teachers using the units (intended for normal and handicapped children). Among the findings…

The following resource guide is one in a series which presents extensive bibliographic material oriented around a specific concept, in this guide, the predictability and uniqueness of growing and developing. A section is devoted to selected materials related to the concept; grade levels for which each resource might be useful are indicated beside…

The following resource guide is one in a series which presents extensive bibliographic material oriented around a specific concept, in this guide, forces affecting personal health practices. A section is devoted to selected materials related to the concept; grade levels for which each resource might be useful are indicated beside each citation. A…

This interim report is the third in a series prepared pursuant to the U.s. Metric Study Act. The effects metrication would have on commercial weights and measures activities, are explored. Specifically, the report deals with: (1) the cost of adapting or changing commercial weighing and measuring devices to record or indicate in metric units, and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 12. SUBJECT MATTER: History. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: This guide is an aid to an independent history study with no formal class periods. Individual teacher guidance is provided. This study of Negro history is divided into three areas: local, state, and national. Local study covers 12 specific topics, state study…

The 144 worksheets contained in these two packages (one package for each of the first two years of a Scottish science course based on the syllabus developed by the Working Party on Secondary School Science and described in SE 015 432) have been designed to suit a broad ability range of students between the ages of about 11 and 14. The sheets…

This booklet is a compilation of sources of cartographic information, ideas and materials. Designed for geography and social studies teachers, the guide tells where to obtain: 1) additional information and ideas on the preparation and use of cartographic materials; 2) motion pictures, filmstrips and slides on mapping and photography; 3)…

The findings of four groups of ecologists are synthesized in chapter I of this report on global ecological problems prepared as a data base for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. The other chapters contain the reports of each group. In "Cycles of Elements" the biologically important elements, phosphorus, sulfur, and nitrogen,…