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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

1972

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National Science Foundation News: Nsf Established R&D Incentives, Assessment Offices; Smith And Lederman Appointed Directors Jan 1972

National Science Foundation News: Nsf Established R&D Incentives, Assessment Offices; Smith And Lederman Appointed Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Director of the National Science Foundation, today helped implement President's Nixon's call for new actions and relationships to enhance research and development in the United States by establishing the Office of Experimental R&D Incentives and the National R&D Assessment Program Office.


Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors Jan 1972

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.


A Learning Activity Package Approach To Junior High School Science, Jerry Cunningham, Ross Iverson Jan 1972

A Learning Activity Package Approach To Junior High School Science, Jerry Cunningham, Ross Iverson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Our goals were to have a low-structured student centered program that made the best use of our physical facility, equipment, and teacher power. As a result, we formulated a design which included a format, procedures, and a set of materials. We feel that our design is adaptable to many situations and may provide some ideas for you. The courses we teach are exploratory. We hope to offer the student a wide variety of new experiences while developing a continuing interest in the study of science and a systematic approach to solving problems.


Did You Know About Our Activity?, Milbert Krohn Jan 1972

Did You Know About Our Activity?, Milbert Krohn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Science Teachers is sponsoring the following activities for science teachers of Iowa.


Information Needed, Milbert Krohn Jan 1972

Information Needed, Milbert Krohn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

One of the current fads spreading through the schools of Iowa is the attention being given to mysticism. The science teacher can do a great deal to give the youth of our schools the proper attitude to deal with the technics of the occult. One of the sessions of the Science Teaching Section of the spring meeting of the Iowa Academy will be related to dealing with the problems of the occult.


Winter Ecology And Nature Study, Floyd Sandford Jan 1972

Winter Ecology And Nature Study, Floyd Sandford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will be offering a course "Winter Ecology and Nature Study" at the Conservation Education Center, Iowa Conservation Commission, Guthrie Center, Iowa from January 5, 1973 to January 25, 1973.


A New Approach To The Training Of Chemistry / Physics Teachers, Kenneth E. Borst Jan 1972

A New Approach To The Training Of Chemistry / Physics Teachers, Kenneth E. Borst

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In 1950, during my first week as a junior high school science teacher, it became apparent to me that my training to become such a teacher was almost a complete waste of time. I have also observed that there has been very little effort on the part of colleges to change the situation.


Continued N.S.F. Support For Summer Institute At The University Of Iowa Jan 1972

Continued N.S.F. Support For Summer Institute At The University Of Iowa

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Word has been received from the National Science Foundation that the Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Summer Institute has been funded for another year.


Journal Articles Welcomed Jan 1972

Journal Articles Welcomed

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa science teachers are requested to submit teaching tips, notices of events, or anything that would be of interest to other science educators.


Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors Jan 1972

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.


Science For The Educationally Uninvolved Student, Joe R. Moore Jan 1972

Science For The Educationally Uninvolved Student, Joe R. Moore

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In looking at science in today's high schools, one can come up with the following statistics. There are approximately four million students at each grade level between grades nine to 12. In biology classes we find 1.85 million students, in chemistry about 1.25 million and in physics only .25 million students. Over half of these students are enrolled in terminal or "slow-track" science courses, where they are neglected or forgotten, taught by the beginning teacher in a non-lab-oriented classroom. Almost every high school has a science course where the so-called "slow-learners" have been placed. These courses may come under a …


10,000 High School Teachers To Study At Nsf Funded Summer Institutes Jan 1972

10,000 High School Teachers To Study At Nsf Funded Summer Institutes

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

High school teachers will study such subjects as ecology, environmental assessment, the population explosion and the nation's power needs and its impact on the environment at 1972 summer institutes supported by the National Science Foundation.


National Park Service Unveils New Environmental Education Book Series Jan 1972

National Park Service Unveils New Environmental Education Book Series

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

New "outside the classroom" environmental lesson books have been developed by the National Park Service for school children across the Nation.


What Is A.T.T.V. Biology?, Charles Frederick Jan 1972

What Is A.T.T.V. Biology?, Charles Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A.T.T.V. Biology (Audio-tutorial Television Biology) is an approach to teaching a subject which is paced by closed circuit educational television. The curriculum material of the course is divided into units of work (modules). Each module consists of one week's classroom activities. For each module there are objectives and learning experiences to be completed within that week. The module suggests the minimal work expected of the student, and the student works directly from the module guide. When the student has completed the minimal learning experiences, he is free to pursue additional activities that are listed in the module. This is where …


A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Team Approach And A Conventional Approach On Achievement In High School Biology, Paul Joslin, John Montean, John Schmitt Jan 1972

A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Team Approach And A Conventional Approach On Achievement In High School Biology, Paul Joslin, John Montean, John Schmitt

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

It is very easy to come by reports in support of almost any new practice in education. Teachers would rather report favorable results and journals would rather print them. It was the many published reports enumerating the advantages of team teaching that first interested us in a team teaching experiment. At the time we started in 1964, we summarized 141 publications with team teaching in their titles. There are only a limited number of advantages and disadvantages that can be hypothesized for any particular practice. It was not surprising, therefore, to find that recent reports tend to merely reassemble what …


A Study Of Physics, Chemistry And Advanced Science Enrollments In Iowa's Area Ten With Reference To Enrollment Patterns In The State Of Iowa, Richard E. Mcqueen Jan 1972

A Study Of Physics, Chemistry And Advanced Science Enrollments In Iowa's Area Ten With Reference To Enrollment Patterns In The State Of Iowa, Richard E. Mcqueen

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This study was initiated under the assumption that advanced science courses could be shown to detract from physics enrollments, thus establishing one possible cause of the continuously declining enrollments in physics in Iowa's Area Ten and nationwide. Initial work failing to support this relationship, a study of chemistry enrollments was added, chemistry enrollments being felt to be indicative of emphasis on science, with or without an advanced course. Information on enrollments in Area Ten was taken directly from teachers' responses to a questionnaire on such enrollments for 1969-70, received from all 43 public and seven parochial, private or special schools …


Science Club Sponsors! Jan 1972

Science Club Sponsors!

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Did you know that the Future Scientists of America program is open to science clubs in grades five and up?


New Student Magazine: Orbit Jan 1972

New Student Magazine: Orbit

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

National Wildlife Federation is charting a new course-with ORBIT! This unique weekly classroom magazine on man and his environment is specially designed for middle and junior high school students.


Career Aids Jan 1972

Career Aids

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

According to syndicated columnist Sylvia Porter, by 1980 about 1,200,000 workers will be needed in environmental careers-approximately twice the number for 1970.


Back Cover Jan 1972

Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.


Secondary Science Training Programs - Enrichment For The High School Student (1972), Edward L. Pizzini Jan 1972

Secondary Science Training Programs - Enrichment For The High School Student (1972), Edward L. Pizzini

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Success was evident with the experimental 1971 SSTP at The University of Iowa. Eighty high-ability high school students, hailing from California to New York, participated in the programs at the Science Education Center.


Mrs. Keithahn Receives Outstanding Service Award Jan 1972

Mrs. Keithahn Receives Outstanding Service Award

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Science Teacher's Section of the Iowa Academy of Science is proud to announce that Mrs. Lena Keithahn has been selected as this year's recipient of the Outstanding Service Award.


Entropy, The Universe And Man, Peter H. Sweedy Jan 1972

Entropy, The Universe And Man, Peter H. Sweedy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

"You can't unscramble an egg." This phrase and many others throughout literature are examples of what physicists have come to call entropy. The concept of entropy is unique because, unlike the conservation of momentum and the conservation of energy, there is no principle of conservation of entropy.


Teachers Group Calls For Scientific Literacy Jan 1972

Teachers Group Calls For Scientific Literacy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The nation's science teachers are proclaiming scientific literacy as the goal of their efforts for the 1970s. If they achieve this goal, the schools will be turning out people who are comfortable in science, understand its limitations and possibilities, can use it skillfully and intelligently, and who will continue its development.


A Plan For A Temporary Insect-Killing Jar, William G. Bennett Jan 1972

A Plan For A Temporary Insect-Killing Jar, William G. Bennett

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Science teachers, whether they are teaching elementary, high school or even college students, often include insect collecting as a unit of study. They are always confronted with what recommendation to make as a successful means of killing the specimens.


Summary Of A 15-Month Biology Articulation Program Through Drake University, Everett Drevs Jan 1972

Summary Of A 15-Month Biology Articulation Program Through Drake University, Everett Drevs

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

During the summer of 1970, a five-day workshop was held at Drake to begin our 15-month articulation program. Discussion of textbooks and their merits and identification of lab manuals used was our first consideration. Many sessions were held on the criteria for evaluation of biology programs and facilities, with a rating scale for our use developed after discussions on ideal conditions.


Students For Environmental Awareness (S.E.A.): A New Concept, Charles Frederick Jan 1972

Students For Environmental Awareness (S.E.A.): A New Concept, Charles Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

We live in a world which consists of many different ideas, cultures and institutions. This array of differences, although stimulating, should not be construed as being completely represented in the product, education.


Metric Maxims Jan 1972

Metric Maxims

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A list of familiar maxims substituted with metric units.


Teaching Tip On Correcting Students' Papers, William Hartman Jan 1972

Teaching Tip On Correcting Students' Papers, William Hartman

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

For those of us who are not fortunate enough to have an electric scoring machine, it is imperative that we design our apparatus or technique to correct teacher-made tests quickly.


Announcing The Eleventh Annual Iowa Junior Science, Engineering And Humanities Symposium "Mankind, Science, And Tomorrow" Jan 1972

Announcing The Eleventh Annual Iowa Junior Science, Engineering And Humanities Symposium "Mankind, Science, And Tomorrow"

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Three hundred highly-motivated high school science students and fifty concerned science teachers will be invited to interact with more than forty renowned scientists and professors on present and future issues concerning our science-based society.