Presents an annotated list of references for activities and demonstrations on earthquakes and seismology. Activities relating to faults and fault planes are not included. (BC)

Self-reliance as an economically viable strategy to achieve a reliable food supply is examined. Selected geographical and social factors that help to explain why food self-reliance in Zambia has not been achieved are then considered. Developments that have the potential to ensure Zambian food self-reliance are then discussed. (RM)

Journal articles published in 1984 dealing with the teaching of psychology at the college level are summarized. A wide variety of topics, including teaching methods and educational research, are examined in the articles. (RM)

Notes the existence of a collection of computer-readable files containing misspellings of English words, which is now available to researchers from the Oxford Text Archive in England. Describes the content of the collection. (FL)

This article: describes how to prevent pins on game paddles from breaking; suggests using needlepoint books for ideas to design computer graphics; lists a BASIC program to create a Christmas tree, with extension activities; suggests a LOGO Christmas activity; and describes a book on the development of microcomputers. (JN)

Activities to help senior high students learn about human rights are suggested. The activities include both social studies and language arts skills objectives. Examples of activities include reading and discussing newspapers, magazines, fiction, biographies, and nonfiction; viewing films; conducting research; preparing posters; making maps;…

Describes software programs in BASIC which teach music, using the Apple, Timex Sinclair 1000, TRS-80, and Commodore computers. Music educators should incorporate computer instruction into the curriculum to teach theory, history, and even practical techniques of music. Computers will never supersede the teacher, who must guide and motivate. (CS)

Few people knew Eleanor Roosevelt as well as author Joseph P. Lash, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning "Eleanor and Franklin." In this interview Lash talks about Mrs. Roosevelt's personal characteristics, her educational theories, the role she played in attracting minorities to the Democratic Party, and FDR's influence on her. (RM)

Books, films, and additional resources available from the National Women's History Resource Service are included in this annotated listing of resource materials which can be used to teach about Eleanor Roosevelt in elementary and secondary social studies classrooms. (RM)

Highlights efforts to increase high school use of chemical industry resources. Indicates that a list of industry resources available to all Philadelphia (PA) area chemistry teachers is currently available from the American Chemistry Society Corporation Associates. (JN)

The Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) 1-213 forms can be used by educators to help students analyze Mexican origin patterns and U.S. intraurban patterns. Data from the San Antonio INS district show that while migrants are coming in greater numbers, they are not social and economic burdens. (RM)

This annotated listing cites books for secondary students dealing with a number of topics, including women, gay prisoners, the critically ill, special interest groups, and the impact of the juvenile justice system on teenage women. (RM)

Discuss the increasing problems, facing the private innovator, which may seriously affect the progress of American technology. Statistics show a decrease in patents issued to independent inventors. Information concerning patents, suggested cautions, and useful publications are cited. (Author/EB)

This document describes how educators can use the knowledge and culture students bring to school in a standards-based curriculum that supports student success. The authors call this approach culturally responsive, standards-based (CRSB) teaching. Unlike multicultural education--which is an important way to incorporate all the world's cultural and…