Students may be recruited via plumbing physics course.(Industry News)(National Foundation for...

OAK BROOK, ILL.--The mechanical contracting industry has had problems getting past obstinate high school guidance counselors, so now it's taking a different approach--get to prospective employees through their physics teachers.

The National Foundation for Energy Education in Reston, Va., has already produced a high school physics curriculum for the HVAC industry. The object of the curriculum is to show students the practical aspects of the science theories they have been learning and to give them an idea about career opportunities.

Gerry Katz, president of N