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Iowa Science Teachers Journal
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Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Have 10 or more students hold hands in a line. Squeeze the hand of the first student, then he squeezes the hand of the second student, etc.
Ias-Aaas Incremental Investigative Grants For High School Students, Lynn W. Glass
Ias-Aaas Incremental Investigative Grants For High School Students, Lynn W. Glass
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In an attempt to encourage Iowa high schools to provide support for investigative science activities, the Iowa Academy of Science, with the financial support of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has created an Incremental Investigative Grant Program. These grants, beginning with the current school year, are available for appropriate scientific investigative activities by high school students working under the sponsorship of a science teacher.
Thomas Edison
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Thomas Edison successfully produced rubber from goldenrod.
Spotlighting Excellence, Dave Mccalley
Spotlighting Excellence, Dave Mccalley
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
This is the second in a series of articles spotlighting the 1977 recipients of the Iowa Academy of Science Excellence in Science Teaching Awards. Featured in this issue are the chemistry and earth science recipients, Henry Caudle and Ross Iverson.
Snowflakes You Can Keep!, A. C. Haman
Snowflakes You Can Keep!, A. C. Haman
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Are all snowflakes the same shape? To answer this question have students try the following procedure, used for the preservation of snowflakes, outlined in a recent Kalamazoo Nature Center Newsletter.
"Fore" Physics, Rick Zehr
"Fore" Physics, Rick Zehr
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
I have developed an activity which I would like to share, in the hope that it might prove educational as well as enjoyable. In Chapter 1 of the Project Physics there is a brief history of photography, which in itself is quite interesting, but one picture specifically lends itself to additional study. The photograph of the golfer provides the basis for this activity. The students are asked to work in small groups to determine the speed of the ball.