Lists resources on black holes, including: (1) articles of historical interest; (2) books and journal articles on elementary expositions; (3) elementary and advanced textbooks; and (4) research articles on analytic structure of black holes, black hole dynamics, and astrophysical processes. (SK)

Since Maxwell's relations are derived in general form from the first to second laws, and students often wonder what they mean and how they are used, appropriate partition functions for van der Waals gas and the nuclear paramagnetic system are used to obtain entropy expressions and equations of state. (Author/SK)

Describes a companion experiment to the experimental study of the di-iodide visible absorption spectrum. Experimental details, interpretation, and data analysis are provided for an analysis of the di-iodide fluorescence excited by a visible laser, using a Raman instrument. (CS)

Compiled for New England Teacher Corps Conference on Interpersonal Relations (March 1978), this annotated bibliography offers suggestions and examples of how humanistic and psychological education theories have been and can be put into practice. Sections include (1) classroom exercises; (2) resource directories; (3) films; and (4) humanistic…

This description of the video film production program of the Tucson Public Library focuses on the Sonoran Heritage Learning Library Programs and Resources project and its associated learning packets. The complexities of such a project and its funding are explained, and advice to other libraries is provided. (RAA)

Discusses two approaches for teaching labor studies at the elementary secondary levels: elective courses and the infusion of labor topics into existing curricula. Sources of classroom materials are listed. (AM)

Contains a bibliography of free or inexpensive informational publications on American Indian culture, history, and problems. The list will also acquaint teachers with some of the educational centers across the nation that have significant materials on Native Americans. (AM)

An annotated list (books, magazines, and media) of sources of free and inexpensive science materials is provided, including addresses and costs (if any). (SK)

Describes consumer books which make job, career, and curricular information available to students. Outlines book contents, including sections on general information; reports on what graduates and other former students have done, jobs for which employers have sought candidates, and information about college curriculum. Discusses usage. (RC)

Provides sources of broadcast programs arranged in the following categories: scholarly associations/publications; university collections; libraries/museums; collectors' publications; clubs with newsletters; sellers of tapes and discs. Available from Popular Culture Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403; sc $6. (PD)

Listed are classroom resources--films and filmstrips, textbooks, multimedia kits, and cassettes--for career education. Included in each resource listing are a description of the content emphasis, organization and/or instructional method, objectives, recommendations/evaluations and, in some cases, student evaluations. (KC)

Listed are classroom resources--films and filmstrips, textbooks, multimedia kits, and cassettes--for mathematics. Included in each resource listing are a description of the content emphasis, organization and/or instructional method, objectives, recommendations/evaluations and, in some cases, student evaluations. (KC)

Describes pulse radiolysis as a useful means in studing one-electron redox potentials. This method allows the production of radicals and the determination of their concentration and rates of reaction. (CS)

Teaching strategies for using calligraphic images are presented. Included are the pictograph, the calligram, pen ideas, the ideograph, expressive language, and calligraphic imagery. Ideas are appropriate for all age and grade levels, from elementary grades through college. Useful reference books are listed. (KC)

Those with the burden of financing public education are looking toward product measurement for guidance in planning and modifying programs and in justifying expenditures to taxpayers. "Outcomes orientation" is rooted in program budgeting theory with emphasis on cost-benefit analysis and input-output relationships that can be demonstrated and…