Described is a course offered at Wilbur Wright College, on Chicago's Northwest Side, in which students investigate the Des Plaines River and its drainage system and relate ecological information to their lives. (PEB)

Reiterates the need for freedom in science teaching to responsibly interpret the findings of science to students and the lay public without fear of reprisal. (BR)

Argues against testing for genetic differences between the races with respect to IQ, examines the views of Shockley, and extensively rebuts the writings of Jensen on this controversy. (BR)

Describes an innovative campus wide program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for undergraduate education. It is individually structured, student centered, project oriented and designed to produce a professional who works creatively with specialists from other disciplines and who has a wide awareness of the larger world of humanity. (BR)

Conclusion of a three-part article in which the author discusses the implications for zoology and paleontology today and summarizes with comments on the "model" aspects of the controversy and its resolution. (BR)

Describes a simple method for extracting bacterial DNA for use in laboratory investigations to study genetic transformation in bacteria. (BR)

Discusses medical practices and treatments such as blood-letting, purging, leeching and cupping, animal magnetism, homeopathy as well as the quackery problem existing in the present. (BR)

Describes laboratory exercises with chickens selecting their food from dyed and natural corn kernels as a method of demonstrating natural selection. The procedure is based on the fact that organisms that blend into their surroundings escape predation. (BR)

Describes a demonstration with mothballs that simulates the ballast mechanism of a fish air bladder. (BR)

Describes a science activity, using safety pins, illustrating steps in problem solving. (PEB)

Describes a program for field study and methods for solving the problem of limitations in equipment. (PEB)

Describes a science activity, using a bacterium and a fungus, to illustrate the effects of competition and barriers on geographical distribution. (Author/PEB)

The first of a three-part article in which the author discusses some past events which provide insight into why the theory of evolution gradually displaced the doctrine of special creation. (PEB)