One of five volumes intended to help teachers of mainstreamed handicapped children, the book presents 19 papers on science instruction. Papers address the issues of goals; prerequisites; approaches (cooperative, multisensory, and concept analysis); materials; barriers; and evaluation. The following titles and authors are included: "Science for the Handicapped--Can We Justify It?" (A. Scheinker, C. Coble); "Strategies in Science Instruction for Students with Special Learning Disabilities (Prompted by Piaget's Formulations)" (N. Adibe); "Metric Measurement for Blind Students" (F. Franks); "Mainstreaming Handicapped Students into Science Classrooms" (R. Johnson, D. Johnson); "Cooperative Goal Structures and the Mainstreaming of Handicapped Students" (M. Corrick); "Creativity for the Mentally Handicapped" (D. Daugs); "An Audio-Tactile Approach to Science Education for Visually Impaired Students" (R. Harris); "Chemistry Experiments for the Deaf Secondary Student--A Visual Approach" (R. Menchel); "The Man, the Child, and the Flower (Laboratory Science for the Handicapped Student--Teaching Mainstream Strategies)" (D. Hadary); "Concept Analysis--A Model for Teaching Basic Science Concepts to Intellectually Handicapped Students" (J. Cole, et al.); "The Visually Impaired High School Student Can See Her or His Progress in the Regular Science Classroom" (M. Ovnik); "Strategies for Stimulating Scientific Inquiry for All Students" (P. Welliver); "Multisensory Science Education--Meeting Special Challenges" (L. Malone, L. De Lucchi); "Using Science to Strengthen Communication Skills of Hearing Impaired Students" (D. Orlich, K. Black); "Science for the Developmentally Disabled" (J. Trotta); "Science for Deaf Students--Curriculum Suggestions for Grouped and Mainstreamed Programs" (J. Stolte, S. Smith); "Some Thoughts on Teaching Science to the Mentally Handicapped Secondary Student" (M. Mathias, R. Johnson); "Some Psychological Considerations in the Education of Blind Students" (E. Gough); and "Criterion-Referenced Testing and Prescriptive Instruction in the Science Classroom (H. Lang). (CL)