An Interpretive Summary from the NCTM Project ” Priorities in School Mathematics “

Included are the four information bulletins produced by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education for the calendar year 1980. The first issue contains an interpretative summary from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics project “Priorities in School Mathematics” as well as announcements of recent ERIC/SMEAC publications in mathematics education. The second issue contains descriptions of materials on energy-related careers and announcements of recent ERIC/SMEAC publications in environmental education. The third issue is focused on information related to the topic of safety in the science classroom. Safety is discussed as it relates to teacher responsibility, general safety procedures in the science laboratory, A and safety procedures for the use of chemicals, microorganisms, plants and animals, electricity, lasers, and model rockets. The fourth issue summarizes activities of the ERIC system in general and ERIC/SMEAC in particular and highlights nine ERIC/SBEAC documents in the form of expanded descriptive abstracts of each document