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An Interesting Wintertime Temperature Phenomenon, Laurent Hodges
An Interesting Wintertime Temperature Phenomenon, Laurent Hodges
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In the course of studying residential energy use in central Iowa, I kept track of the hourly temperatures recorded in Des Moines. The temperatures were simply those published daily in the Des Moines Register (with occasional obvious corrections). I noticed that during the winter months in Iowa there are occasionally long periods (up to a few days) when there is remarkably little change in outdoor air temperature, and these always occur near the freezing point of water.
Element-Ary Puns, Rita K. Voltmer, Jody M. Hines, James L. Kelly
Element-Ary Puns, Rita K. Voltmer, Jody M. Hines, James L. Kelly
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The periodic table offers a lot of information, most of which is usually not used by high school students. However, it is important for students of chemistry, biology and physics to have some background related to the elements that make up the periodic table. Several students were working with a periodic table and realized they could make studying the elements more enjoyable by making up some statements that led to the actual naming of the element. For example: If you want to catch wild horses, europium.
Science Notes - Summer Science Programs For High School Students
Science Notes - Summer Science Programs For High School Students
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
This year, the Secondary Student Training Program at The University of Iowa will celebrate twenty-five years of providing enrichment experiences for secondary students.
Science Notes - Book News : Did The Devil Make Darwin Do It? Modern Perspectives On The Creation-Evolution Controversy
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Did the Devil Make Darwin Do It? Modern Perspectives on the Creation-Evolution Controversy, recently published by the Iowa State University Press, provides discussions from scientists and philosophers in many areas on this topic now under examination across the country. It is edited by David B. Wilson, a science historian at Iowa State University; whose interest was sparked by a creationist confrontation in a biology classroom at Iowa State in 1978.
Editor's Corner - Crisis In Science Education: A Partial Solution?, Carl W. Bollwinkel, Richard L. Wilson
Editor's Corner - Crisis In Science Education: A Partial Solution?, Carl W. Bollwinkel, Richard L. Wilson
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The crisis in science education and the article published in the Autumn 1983 issue of ISTJ has prompted one of our readers to share the following.