Described is a project designed to give students an understanding of the environmental implications of current energy practices and a chance to participate in a project that may have a measurable impact on environmental quality. Suggestions for the integration of this project into high school science classes are provided. (CW)

Many feel that the Internet will play a major role in science education reform. This article provides valuable insight on the use of the Internet. (ZWH)

Discusses how instructional time can be increased and better utilized within the current school framework. (ZWH)

Describes the contributions that three women geologists made to the field of geology. Closing remarks report current statistics of women geologists. (ZWH)

Describes the involvement of students in the construction of an inexpensive wooden balance to aid in their understanding of mass. (ZWH)

Describes a national project conducted by the University of Oklahoma and the Close Up Foundation in Washington, DC to educate teachers and disseminate energy-related teaching materials. (ZWH)

Describes a method that uses ping-pong balls to construct 3-D models of covalent molecules to represent Group I-VIII atoms. (ZWH)

Describes curricular reform movements in science education over the last 100 years, including an introduction of current movements (Project 2061 and Scope, Sequence, and Coordination). Addresses the implications of these reform movements for teacher education. (ZWH)

Provides text and illustrations to aid in the construction of a safe, durable, and inexpensive device to introduce students to the relationship that exists between pressure and surface area. (ZWH)

Provides a brief history, the science behind the art, and instructions for use of stereograms. (ZWH)

Presents and discusses the essential characteristics of a scientist. (ZWH)

Describes the development of a theme-based, multidisciplinary course. The article partitions into the following sections: (1) Constructing the Course; (2) Putting the Ideas to Work; (3) Connecting Science and Society; and (4) The Arts and Astronomy. (ZWH)

Asserts that science is poetry that is intended for all students to understand. Presents text and a teaching model, The Why How Tree, to aid in helping all students to better understand how the world works. Emphasis is placed on the dependent relationship that the disciplines share. (ZWH)

Presents one simple rule to guide students in determining the number of significant figures in any value in science. (ZWH)

Offers suggestions on how to incorporate valid and meaningful writing assignments for the science classroom. (ZWH)