Provides tips for stimulating interest in high school chemistry while imprinting safe laboratory practice. Suggests safe alternatives to potentially dangerous "magic show" and other chemical reactions. Also suggests that safety education be a prerequisite for certification of secondary school chemistry teachers. (Author/JN)

Inservice mini-courses using a learning cycle instructional strategy (exploration, invention, discovery) have been developed. A description of the mini-course format (compatible with inservice programs sponsored by school systems), sample outline, and list of courses developed (with themes of environmental science and/or energy) are included.…

A two-week unit on "Science in Crime Detection" is described. Topics, laboratory activities, and instructional strategies for the unit (appropriate for both chemistry and physical science) are included. (JN)

Indicates that science educators should help students perfect the ability to communicate in technical and scientific areas, focusing on the need for writing skills in science and offering suggestions for skill building. (Author/JN)

Provides a list of equipment and instructions for taking close-up photographs for classroom use. (SK)

Describes an elective, interdisciplinary course designed to allow students to examine relationships between science and the humanities and to foster scientific literacy and appreciation for the scientific enterprise. (SK)

To expand the curriculum within limits of traditional educational environment, one-day field trip is arranged for gifted students to work with a professional (or sponsor) in the student's area of career interest. (SK)

Materials needed and instructions for constructing a model (groundwater terrarium) to examine the water cycle and its effects are provided. Suggested activities and demonstrations are also provided. (SK)

Indicates the need for schools to present materials that will produce positive attitudes toward family planning. Proposes the development of a comprehensive sourcebook of material that will contain an overall theme with material planned for each grade level and each school subject. (DS)