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The Ias Bulletin, V5n6, November 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- An Open Letter from the President to the Members of the Iowa Academy of Science
--- Manuscripts for the Proceedings Invited
--- News from the Fall Directors' Meeting
--- Plans for 1972 Spring Meeting Shaping Up
--- Call for Papers for the 1972 Spring Meeting
--- Archeology Section Now Anthropology Section
--- What Ever Became of the Articulation Effort?
--- Future Meetings of the Academy
--- Geology Monograph Widely Distributed
--- New Officers of ISTS
--- Special Summer Study Opportunity Available
--- Do-It-Yourself Kit for Activists
--- 56% of …

The Ias Bulletin, V5n5, September 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- Proceedings Progress
--- Business Manager for Proceedings Appointed
--- Submit Manuscripts for Proceedings at Any Time
--- Iowa Science Teachers Journal Will Have Limited Distribution
--- Staff Changes at Drake Involve Academy "Activists"
--- Status of the Iowa State Preserves Advisory Board Uncertain
--- Darling Foundation Issues Catalog of Conversation Education Facilities
--- Are you a Member of AAAS?
--- AAAS Research Grants Awarded
--- AAAS Governance Changes Being Proposed
--- Guide to Upper Iowa River Published By George Knudson of Luther College
--- AAPT-Iowa Section
--- Student Programs …

The Ias Bulletin, V5n3, May 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- Election Results
--- Attendance at 83rd Session
--- Membership at all Time High
--- Section Interests Among Academy Members
--- Visiting Scientist Program Dead
--- Iowa Science Teachers Journal to be Distributed Only as Requested
--- Social Implications Committee Selects Single Concern for its Attention
--- Important Recommendations from the Academy's Committee on Governmental Cooperation and Assistance
--- Academy Farm Operating Under New Policies
--- Student Programs to be Evaluated
--- Recognition and Awards
--- Explanation of Election Ballot with Signature Space
--- Two Junior Academy Members to Represent …

83rd Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 23-24, 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

Annual Report And Membership List, 1970-71, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Report of the Executive Secretary --- 4
Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting --- 9
Report of the Governmental Cooperation and Assistance Committee --- 16
Report of the Publications Committee --- 19
Report of the Editor --- 21
Report of the Librarian --- 22
Report of the Social Implications Committee --- 23
Report of the Student Programs Committee --- 24
Report of the Recognition and Awards Committee --- 25
Report of the Finance Committee --- 26
Report of the Treasurer --- 28
Report of the Resolutions Committee --- 29
Report of the Elections Committee --- 30
Report of the …

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Anatomy: Its Role Today And In The Future, W. K. Metcalf

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Modern anatomy can be divided into three stages. The first stage, the dawn of modern anatomy, came in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, largely as a result of the work of two men, Leonardo da Vinci and Vesalius.

Scientific Articles And Inquiry In The Biology Classroom, Melton E. Golmon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Although much emphasis has been placed, in professional journals, science textbooks and teacher training programs, on the inquiry method of teaching, the inquiry teaching concept has achieved only a limited acceptance in secondary schools.

Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

For teachers who are looking for more ideas and background in teaching earth and space science, this new publication should provide just the lift. Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science is a compilation of outstanding articles which have been brought together from Science and Children, 1963-1971, by William B. Matthews III, Professor of Geology at Lamar State College of Technology, Texas.

Four Important Ecology Lectures On Cassette Tape

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A series of lectures on ecology - some of the newest thinking in the environmental field - has been taped on cassette by Ecology Focus.

Investigative Methods For The Science Teacher, Bernard D. Hermanson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The basis for this research project was the idea: Why tell or lecture students about an idea or fact when, if given the appropriate information, they would be able to figure it out for themselves? This does not mean that we hand the students a text and tell them to learn about the subject on their own, nor is this "investigative" approach to be used all the time. Because of the different levels of reasoning needed for various topics, one cannot expect a student to deduce the composition of an atom as easily as he can deduce the composition of …

Iowa Science Teachers Journal To Be Distributed Only As Requested

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Board of Directors, acting on the results of a survey of interest in the Journal and recommendations of the Publications Committee, decided to reduce this publication to three issues per year and to distribute it to those in the Academy who indicate interest in the Science Teaching Section.

Science Teachers Look At Themselves And Their Schools

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Teachers Association is offering science teachers new materials to help them get a better look at their own professional development and at the conditions under which they work.

Revolutionary Chemistry

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A chemistry course is "telling it like it is" at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Titled Revolutionary Chemistry, the new honors course for non-science majors puts the emphasis on student needs and interests. It is the brainchild of University of Wisconsin chemist, Robert C. West.

Action Education: An Educator's Response To A Community's Drug Problem, Gene Balk

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In the spring of 1969, the Mason City area was brought face to face with an ever-increasing problem in our society-drugs and narcotics. The community and surrounding area were deeply concerned. How had it happened? When did it start? How many were involved? What age levels were affected? What can we do?

New Publication

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Journal of College Science Teaching is now being published quarterly by the National Science Teachers Association (Volume 1, Number 1, October 1971). The magazine is designed to disseminate the basic and innovative knowledge of science teaching and to promote the application of this knowledge to introductory college science and its function in bringing greater scientific literacy into general education.

A Semiquantitative Method For The Study Of Air Pollutant Mixtures, David J. Kuhn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The envelope of pollution that encompasses a significant portion of our country, particularly the urban areas, is a source of growing national concern. All of us need to increase our understanding of the sources, the components, and the physiological and environmental effects of air pollution.

Two-Billion-Year-Old Algae

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Fossil evidence that blue-green algae much like those that exist today existed as much as two billion years ago has been found on a knoll near Eveleth, Minnesota.

Book Review - Regeneration, James F. Arnesen

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This book, Regeneration, purports to have been written to help bridge the gap in the area of regeneration as a key to the understanding of normal and abnormal growth and development.

Open Letter To Science Teachers: Are You Ready For The Third Generation?, Gerald H. Krockover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Conrad E. Ronneberg, professor of chemistry at Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, states in the June issue of Chemical and Engineering News that the first generation of NSF-sponsored texts such as CEA chemistry, CHEM Study chemistry, and PSSC physics, as well as BSCS biology, are totally inadequate and will probably be ignored by the new generation of science teachers.

Nsf Launches Major Ocean Study

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Dr. William D. McElroy, Director of the National Science Foundation, announced today the first awards in support of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration. The awards, totaling $3 million, will fund a project to provide information about levels of pollutants and of fission and waste products in the sea, oceanic mixing and the production of organic matter in the oceans.

Waste Water: A Valuable Resource

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Waste water isn't a problem-it's a valuable resource, according to a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineer.

Instant Isotopes For High School Science Courses, William G. Durkin

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

One of the most recent innovations in science education on the secondary school level has been the production of the MINIGERATOR by Union Carbide.

Chemistry Graduates

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The 1970 class of graduating chemists received the smallest increase in starting salaries in eighteen years, according to an American Chemical Society survey reported in the current issue of Chemical and Engineering News. The salaries reported averaged only 1.6 per cent higher than last year, said David A. H. Roethel who compiled the information.

Seen Any Orange-Tailed Bald Eagles?

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A Canadian group that's running a study of bald eagles for about three years has color-marked the tails of sixteen nestling eagles near Lac Tonge, Saskatchewan-painted the tails orange, both top and bottom and asks for reports on any such birds sighted in the United States during the winter.

Using A Computer In High School Chemistry, Floyd F. Sturtevant, Kenneth A. Hartman

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The advent of the computer is having a great influence on our society and the educational system. Many public school systems have contracted with institutions and organizations for use of their computer facility in class scheduling, pupil accounting, fiscal accounting, preparation of student grades and the like. The computer has not, with the exception of some experimental situations, been widely used in the public schools as an instructional tool. The advent of the time-sharing and multi-tasking computer provides the opportunity for public schools to avail themselves of an instructional computer at a reasonable cost without employing specialized computer scientists. It …

A Link Between Vertebrates And Invertebrates Found?

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

What may be a missing link between vertebrate and invertebrate animals has been found, according to a Michigan State University geologist. "The animal, Lochriea wellsensis, fills the gap between vertebrate and invertebrate animals which has existed since man began to classify animals," said Dr. Harold W. Scott, chairman of the MSU geology department.

Nsf Reports 1970 Salaries

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Statisticians earned the highest median salaries ($16,900) among 313,000 scientific and technical personnel in the United States in 1970, the National Science Foundation reports. Computer scientists were second highest on the list with $16,500 and economists third with $16,300.

New Offerings From The Government Printing Office

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A list of publications offered by the Government Printing Office.

Buffalo Find Home On Park Ranges

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Herds of American Bison still roam at Yellowstone National Park and in three other National Park System areas: Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, N.D., and Wind Cave National Park and Badlands National Monument, S.D.