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Study guide for a unit on human heredity for the advanced high school biology student
(1962-05)
Scope of Study: Today, more and more people are becoming interested in genetics. Most of the work done in this field does not cover human heredity for several reasons. The most important reason is that men has such a long ...
On the possibility of extraterrestrial life
(1967-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This report attempts to review various theories concerning the origin of the universe (our Sun and solar system in particular), the origin of the Earth, the origin of terrestrial life, possible ...
Soil compaction and compaction equipment
(1965-05)
Scope of Study: The purpose of this report is to study soil compaction in both the field and the laboratory. The main part of this report is a discussion of soil compaction from the construction point of view, including ...
Use of simplified apparatus in the study of atomic energy
(1961-05)
Scope of study: A study was made of the possible use of simple, inexpensive equipment in the study of atomic energy in junior and senior high schools. Apparatus and experiments were desired which could be used as instructional ...
Fatigue of engineering materials
(1960-05)
Scope of Study: Investigation of the fatigue properties of engineering materials has formed the basis of much study in the past one hundred years. Although the approach to many of the studies were very similar, the results ...
History of beekeeping
(1960-05)
Scope of Report: Bees are very ancient creatures. They were fully developed in their present form at least as early and probably earlier than modern mammals had evolved from their primitive beginnings, long before man had ...
Unit in ecology for high school biology
(1962-05)
Scope of Study: This report provides a unit in Ecology which can be introduced in High School Biology. It is to be used as an additional unit in a high school biology course. The major objective is to introduce the basic ...
Modern aspects of light in photosynthesis
(1961-05)
Scope of Study: The purpose of this study is three fold: (1) to provide a general knowledge of the function of light in the photosynthetic process so it may be easily communicated to the high school student; (2) to present ...