EACH UNIT IS OF APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEKS' DURATION. UNITS ARE ON ENERGY AND THE HUMAN BODY, HEAT, ELECTRICITY AND MACHINES, CONSUMER SCIENCE FROM A COMMUNICATION AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE APPROACH, AND CONSUMER SCIENCE FROM BIOLOGICAL AND EARTH APPROCH. IN ALL UNITS, AS MANY CONCEPTS AS POSSIBLE SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES. IN PARTICULAR, BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY SHOULD BE LEARNED THROUGH CONCRETE EXPERIENCES, WITH A MINIMUM ATTEMPT TO EXPLORE MATHEMATICAL PHASES. A QUESTION METHOD IS USED FREQUENTLY WITH DISCUSSION AND EXPERIMENTATION TO SEEK ANSWERS. EACH UNIT CONSISTS OF TEXTBOOK REFERENCES, A STEP-BY-STEP OUTLINE WITH ACCOMPANYING TEACHING SUGGESTIONS, AND LISTS OF REFERENCE AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS.