Describes a partnership program between a Florida high school and an air force base. Volunteers from the air force base served as mentors for at-risk students. (PR)

Describes a Science-Technology-Society (STS) course implemented in Iowa that utilizes the National Science Teachers Association guidelines for STS courses. (PR)

Describes amber and its hardened form called copal. Explains how amber is formed and where it comes from. Discusses possibilities of obtaining DNA from insects caught in amber. (PR)

Stream alterations can occur in channels or in the watershed. This article describes the environmental impacts of channel manipulation. (PR)

Explains how science teachers can help meet the needs of their culturally diverse student populations. The basic premises of multicultural science classrooms are: all students can learn science; every student is worthwhile to have in the science classroom; and cultural diversity is appreciated because it enhances rather than detracts from the…

Describes scientific and technical accomplishments of Africans in developing the calendar, surgery, and gynecology and of Native Americans in developing astronomy, architecture, and agriculture. (Contains 93 references) (PR)

Explains how the "three D's" of ecology; diatoms, density, and diversity; can be used to generate student enthusiasm and spur investigations that can be conducted during student's own time. (PR)

Describes the use of concept mapping and Vee diagramming in helping students learn how to learn. (PR)

Discusses the following questions in choosing distance education courses: Will I be able to "talk" with the instructor? Will I be able to talk with other course participants? Does the course include laboratories or other hands-on experiences? What equipment will I need to participate? What technical assistance will be available? Who is the course…

Describes the following uses for a video camera in the science classroom: video presentations, microscope work, taping and/or monitoring experiments, analyzing everyday phenomena, lesson enhancement, field trip alternative, and classroom management. (PR)

Describes an introductory meteorology course for nonacademic high school students. The course is made hands-on by the use of an educational software program offered by Accu-Weather. The program contains a meteorology database and instructional modules. (PR)

Describes an activity that shows how understanding a modern coral reef environment helps predict the location of old subsurface reefs that may contain oil. (PR)

Describes scientific and technical accomplishments of the Chinese in developing earthquake detection procedures, paper making, and medicine and of Islamic people in developing astronomy and mechanical engineering. (PR)

Describes a high school pilot program to meet California's science curriculum guidelines to adopt a Scope, Sequence and Coordination (SS&C) approach. The SS&C curriculum offers four science subjects for each year of high school. Concrete, phenomenological, and descriptive topics are covered during the early years and theoretical and abstract…

Describes the grassroots approach of the California Scope, Sequence and Coordination Project that was designed to achieve widespread and persistent change in public school science education. (PR)