We studied the taxonomic composition of flagellated nanoplankton in a temperate Canadian fjord, Saanich Inlet, for 1 year using electron microscopy. Most of the species that we identified were from the algal classes Prasinophyceae, Prymnesiophyceae, and Chrysophyceae and the protistan order Choanoflagellida. During summer months, we observed a diverse group of prymnesiophyte, prasinophyte, and chrysophyte species. In fall and winter, the number of species of prasinophyte and prymnesiophyte species in our samples decreased. At times, numerous chrysophyte species were present, and many of these were heterotrophic and typical of freshwater environments, presumably having been carried into the inlet by freshwater runoff. We suggest that during the winter months of 1991 a food web composed of dissolved and particulate organic debris, bacteria, algal cells, and choanoflagellates was an important feature of the plankton. We identified 71 species from 41 genera, and most of these have been reported for either other parts of the world ocean or freshwater environments, indicating that they have widespread distributions. Some species differed in cell and scale morphologies from those documented in the literature, and these distinctions are described. Thirty‐two of these species were recorded for the first time from the coastal waters of the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

It is the only high school in Colorado School District # 20 serving an area of 150 square miles north of the city of Colorado Springs. About 40% of its 1,200 students are military dependents; the remainder are primarily children of business and professional people. The major industry of the city, other than military (Fort Carson, Ent Air Force Base, and NORAD are located here as well as the USAFA), is electronics. For the most part parents have high expectations for their children and are supportive of the schools. Both because of the presence of the military and the rapid growth of the city one of the unique features of the school district is the mobility of the student population. At the high school a 10% turnover is expected each year. Seventy percent of the high school students say they plan to go to college after graduation. The physical facilities at the high school are adequate, but not outstanding.The science department has average equipment and materials for a school of its size.The enrollment in science courses is unusually high, probably because of the scientific interests of the community. In the 76-77 school year 300 students, one-fourth of the student body, were enrolled in two levels of chemistry. Introduction to Chemistry and College Preparatory Chemistry. The students in both courses had a choice of teaching methods, selfpaced and traditional. The college preparatory course attracts students who intend to study science in college, while the students in the Introductory Chemistry course have been identified by themselves, their parents, teachers, or counselors as lacking interest in science or as being unprepared to succeed in the more rigorous college preparatory course. Last year the valedictorian and a student who graduated only a few from the bottom of his class were in the same Introductory Chemistry class.In the past year my teaching assignment included two classes of College Preparatory Chemistry, two Introductory Chemistry classes, and a group of advanced students who studied organic and biochemistry.Patricia Smith obtained a B.A. degree at Central College in Iowa, and an M.A. degree in chemistry at the University of Kansas. She spent two years at the Midwest Research Institute before returning to academic work. Following three years at Emporia Kansas College and six years at Central College, she began teaching chemistry in high school. She has been a faculty member at the Air Academy High School for three years.

The development of West Edmonton Mall is presented as a case study in the problem of coping with unexpected, large‐scale departures from authorized plans ‐ in this instance, the plan for the new suburban community of West Jasper Place. The main features of the plan are described and the practical consequences of permitting the mall to be built are assessed. It is concluded that Edmonton's conventional planning instruments were unable to respond effectively to the challenge posed by West Edmonton Mall, because the local planning system did not make adequate provision for the politics of plan implementation.

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