The newsletter contains information about the science education activities sponsored by The British Council for the improvement of materials and practices. Areas covered include Science, Mathematics, and General. Background information along with a brief progress report is given for each of the projects described. Engineering and technology projects are described under the title General. A detailed annotated bibliography of science publications of the Council is included. A separate section includes Science Education Abstracts of papers published in journals. Brief reports of international conferences on teaching of mathematics, science, and technology are provided. (PS)