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Radiation studies in high school biology
(1957-05)
Scope of Report: The tremendous number of articles in popular magazines and newspapers concerning the impact of atomic energy and radiation research on our present day society are evidence, of the importance attached to ...
Development of functional biology
(1957-05)
Scope of Study: The high school biology course is a comparatively new subject, having originated slightly over a half century ago. Within this space of time many changes have occurred in the subject and most of these ...
Low cost equipment for general science demonstrations
(1957-08)
Scope of Study: The teaching of general science courses in many public schools is confined solely to text book work. The failure to use laboratory equipment for student experimentation and teacher demonstration may be ...
Simple science experiments for daily high school class demonstrations
(1957-05)
Scope of Study: A collection of simple experiments that may be used in high school science classes for demonstrating various physical and chemical principles. The experiments are of the sensational type that tend to glamorize ...
Summary of studies and criticisms of water fluoridation
(1957-08)
Scope of Study: During recent years evidence has been accumulating on the advantages of adding fluorides to public water supplies as a means of preventing dental caries. The U. S. Public Health Service is cooperating with ...
Report on basic radio demonstrations for high school physics
(1957-05)
Scope of Study: In many high school and college physics courses, the units on radio and electronics have often been treated lightly or skipped entirely. With the field of radio and electronics becoming more important each ...
Use of simple taxonomic keys for student identification of collected specimens
(1957-05)
Scope of Study: Student identification of collected specimens is usually a problem for high school biology teachers. Quite often their students must rely on a trial-and-error process of picture comparison or upon comprehensive ...