Describes activities in which students explore composting. Enables students to learn that all organic material returns naturally to the earth through a process of decomposition that involves many living organisms. (JRH)

Discusses hazardous waste, waste disposal, unsafe exposure, movement of hazardous waste, and the Superfund clean-up process that consists of site discovery, site assessment, clean-up method selection, site clean up, and site maintenance. Argues that proper disposal of hazardous waste is everybody's responsibility. (JRH)

Presents an activity in which students attempt to keep water at a constant temperature. Helps students in grades three to six hone their skills in prediction, observation, measurement, data collection, graphing, data analysis, and communication. (JRH)

Presents an activity, appropriate for children in grades five through nine, that requires students to reconstruct a Lego structure after reading other students' written description of the construction process. Highlights the connection between explicit writing and scientific observation and involves students in observing, classifying, measuring,…

Discusses reasons why inservice workshops often fail to impact science teaching. Describes restructuring of a workshop series so that teachers become real science learners, struggling with their own ideas about different scientific concepts as they design experiments and share theories with their peers. (JRH)

Suggested are a few topics or techniques which should not be presented in planetarium astronomy until appropriate levels of potential comprehension are reached. (EB)

A description of a learning center built on a low budget with a design aimed toward enhancing academic programs through a variety of environments. (EB)

Described is a science education workshop for elementary school teachers to stimulate and reawaken curiosity in teachers, and to encourage hands-on science activities for their students. (EB)

A program for sixth graders to participate in a study of outer space utilizing individualized learning experiences and small group experiences. (EB)

A laboratory study is detailed utilizing the skills of hypothesizing, designing experiments, and controlling variables. (EB)

Presented is a study done with six children who received remediation in mathematics with emphasis on metric measurement. All had serious problems in arithmetic. Results proved encouraging. Two of the six children proceeded in the regular mathematics classroom. (EB)

A study done based on the premise that classroom groups can help students develop their intellectual thinking and potential, especially their skills in critical thinking. Students were paired according to similar I.Q. scores. (EB)

Engineering students enrolled in a technical writing course show results of how a writer adapts his writings to his audience. Thirty-eight titles written by the students are presented under categories of ecology, science, hobbies and guidance. (EB)

Elementary school science curricula being produced commercially are reviewed by NSTA Curriculum Review Center. Emphasis is given to the Modular Activities Program in Science (MAPS). (EB)

Presents some information regarding reader attitudes about the journal Science and Children. A profile of the respondents is given. (RH)