Describes a role-playing game that can be used by high school teachers to teach ecology. The procedures of the game are accompanied by pointers for teachers. (SA)

Discusses the educational establishment and relates its position to the need for introducing controversial issues into elementary and secondary classrooms. The need for reform, beginning with science courses in the university, is suggested. (SA)

Presents reasons for utilizing abandoned railroad tracks in ecology field trip studies. Explanations are given for the factors influencing railroad vegetation. Activities for students are suggested. (SA)

Presents a method for teaching high school students about evolution at the genus level as well as at higher taxons. Activities for a laboratory project and laboratory techniques are described. (SA)

Presents a model for teaching the principles of evolution. The model presents three major factors that direct changes and affect an individual's fitness. Uses and adaptations of the model are suggested. (Author/SA)

An approach is suggested for teaching science history through inquiry training. A series of investigations are given for illustrating to students the manner in which organisms are grouped taxonomically. (SA)

Presents a rationale for teaching a course to high school students on the influence of science and technology on society. Bioethics and food, and world hunger are two of the topics included in the course outline. References are given for simulation games, readings, and audiovisual materials. (SA)

Environmental awareness for schoolyard and classroom use are presented briefly in this article. The ideas emanate from an instructor in the Youth Conservation Corps Program of the Department of the Interior. (SA)

This article developed from a survey of the five most popular biology texts which promote the theory of invariant homeostasis rather than biological rhythms. The popular fad of "birthdate biorhythms" is discussed in relation to providing education on biological rhythms and its legitimacy to the public. (SA)

This article confronts the ethical and moral principles which are shaping American society. The role of environmental educators is discussed and several goals for learning to face issues and assert values in our technological society are given. (SA)

Instructions for making a simple respirometer, to measure rates of oxygen consumption of organisms, are presented. The instrument incorporates most of the basic elements of commercial respirometers but can be made inexpensively by high school students. Operating instructions and applications are given. (Author/SA)

Presents the status of the Hungarian and Polish educational system and the new environmental awareness present there. Observations based on visitations to schools and universities are discussed. Comments are given on teaching materials, staff, programs, and research. (SA)

Discusses biology education and the back-to-basics movement. Includes discussions on the improvement of test scores, the need for objectives, and solutions to the current back-to-basics dilemma. (MA)

Includes a description of Project Synthesis with its three-fold purpose: to describe the desired state of science education, to delineate the actual state of science education, and to assess the differences between the actual and the desired states. (MA)

Briefly discusses recent changes in the science of biology and examines the implications of these changes on college curriculum, faculty teaching and research. (MA)