Search
Now showing items 31-40 of 142
Learning experiences in the earth sciences
(1960-05)
Scope and Method of Study: Many secondary schools lack money for equipment to study the earth sciences. Inexpensive demonstrations and experiments can be constructed, and the facilities nature provides can be used to ...
Schedule for teaching geology at the College of the Siskiyous and a sketch of the geology of northern California
(1961-05)
Scope of Study: A teaching schedule for a one-year course of study in physical and historical geology is outlined by topics showing the approximate amount of time which can. be spent to adequately cover each of the subjects, ...
Some aspect of the physiological actions of thyroid hormones
(1965-05)
Scope of Study: This report surveys broadly the most important activities of what are loosely referred to as the 'thyroid hormones', implying thyroxine as quantitatively predominating with 3, 5, 3'-triiodothyronine a potent ...
Lysosome
(1964-08)
Scope and Method of Study: The method of study was a research of material in the library. The scope of study included the biochemical concept of the lysosome, its characteristics which afford visual identification, and its ...
Role of heredity in influencing mental disorders and deficiencies
(1963-05)
Scope and Method of Study: A survey of mental disorders and deficiencies that are influenced by genetic factors have been undertaken in this report. The materials used in this survey are: (1) textbooks on eugenics and ...
Suggestions and demonstrations for a unit on wave theory for a high school physics class
(1961-08)
Scope of Study: This report contains a partial development of a unit on wave theory with emphasis on the basic similarities of all wave motion. Some of the topics which are included in the unit are: simple harmonic motion, ...
Foreign plant pest
(1963-05)
Scope of Report: This report has been designed to present the potential danger of the introduced plant pest, and the economic losses it can and has caused once it becomes established in our country. A plant pest, as defined ...
Method of teaching chemistry
(1960-08)
Effect of insecticides on bird populations
(1963-08)
Scope and Method of Study: This report has been undertaken as a comprehensive survey of scientific literature since 1945 that has dealt with the effects of insecticides on bird populations. Particular attention was given ...