A card game designed to help high school students drill basic arithmetic operations in general mathematics classes is presented. Activity sheets suitable for reproduction are included. (MP)

Recounts how three publications influenced the career of a reading specialist. (JT)

Discusses some examples of Fresnel diffraction. Diffraction effects caused by round holes, round obstacles, narrow slits, narrow obstacles, and transparent obstacles are included. (HM)

Discusses some basic physical ideas about light scattering and describes a simple Raman spectrometer, a single prism monochromator and a multiplier detector. This discussion is intended for British undergraduate physics students. (HM)

Some of the preoccupations of the "mathematically gifted children" subcommittee of the Teaching Committee are outlined. The subcommittee is engaged in preparing materials for the guidance of teachers in the identification of and provision for the mathematically gifted. (Author/MK)

Provides excerpts from five primary sources concerning the lives of women in California from 1850 to 1942. Notes sources and includes discussion questions, as well as an oral history interview. (CK)

Lists questions that teachers should ask relating to use of all chemicals in the school laboratory, as well as chemicals with known and suspected dangerous properties. Tables list Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-defined carcinogens, American Chemical Society-defined teratogens, suspected carcinogens, and other hazardous…

Describes ways in which instruction and evaluation are individualized for students in a small community college chemistry course. (CS)

Lists books, audiovisual materials, and organizations relevant to the First Amendment freedoms: freedom of speech and press, and censorship. (KC)

This annotated bibliography cites books, manuals, games, and periodicals useful in family enrichment programs. Some of the cited materials have a Christian focus. (SJL)

This annotated bibliography is an alphabetized listing of current resources on computers under the following headings: computer applications/societal issues; programing, computer science and what is a computer; teaching resources; and periodicals. Publications are coded for elementary, junior high, senior high, and reference usage. (MP)

A computer program that performs the computations involved in recording and averaging grades is presented and described. It can combine homework, in-term tests, and a final examination. The program is written in BASIC. (MP)

The method used at airports in determining the cloud height at night is presented. Several problems, the equation used, and a simple design of an alidade (an instrument that shows cloud heights directly) are also included. (MP)

Presents a guide to educational resources in the area of social studies. Entries are presented in the following categories: historical methods books, all-around tools, books of broad interpretations, collections of documents, historical photographs and artifacts, historical landmarks, oral history, historical fiction, old standbys, and periodicals…

Presents information about the structure, protection of the structure, fuel, atmospheric effects, zone layer impact, and safety relative to the operation of the Concorde that might be of interest to a chemist. (GS)