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Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Editorial Staff ; Officers & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section; Advisory & Technical Review Boards
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
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Congratulations
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Iowa Science Teachers Journal congratulates Floyd Sturtevant of Ames High School for being selected as the recipient of the 1981 American Chemical Society (ACS) Midwest Regional High School Teaching Award and the 1981 ACS James Bryant Grant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching.
Ists Fund For Teachers
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Iowa Science Teachers Section of the Iowa Academy of Science has a fund to encourage participation of teachers and potential teachers (college science education majors) to attend regional and national professional meetings.
Chemical Magic
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Details for presenting a complete one-hour show of magic tricks involving chemistry are available in an 86-page booklet.
Winter Birdfeeding
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Winter's freezing winds and snow should remind us that many birds maintain permanent residency instead of migrating to warmer climates. Besides finding adequate shelter, their most important task is obtaining a sufficient and steady supply of food.
Mississippi River Ecology
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Luther College is offering a summer studies program on the Mississippi River ecosystem.
A Look At Copper, Erwin Richter
A Look At Copper, Erwin Richter
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The study of copper and its compounds is among the more aesthetically pleasing aspects of chemistry. Copper compounds range in color from white to black, and include virtually all colors of the visible spectrum. The following exercise is designed to explore some of the chemical properties of copper and copper compounds.
Home On The Clone, Isaac Asimov
A Non-Polluting Method Of Silver Reclamation, Craig A. Perman
A Non-Polluting Method Of Silver Reclamation, Craig A. Perman
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Pure silver is a brilliant, lustrous, white transition metal occupying the copper subgroup of the periodic table. This metal has been known since antiquity, having been mentioned in Genesis and in pre-dynastic Egypt where it was originally used for coinage and decorative purposes.
Chemiluminescence, Erwin Richter
Chemiluminescence, Erwin Richter
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A dramatic chemiluminescence is described by Huntress, et al., which is based on the basic oxidation of luminol.
Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents
Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
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Epidemic, James Hungerford
Epidemic, James Hungerford
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Approximately 100,000 teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year. Teenage childbearing in the United States rates among the world's highest.
Roots, Richard F. Trump
Roots, Richard F. Trump
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
When I found a way of giving my students a better view of what goes on underground, they started asking better questions, and they found better ways of answering those questions. That was the most exciting aspect of some work I was doing for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). My assignment was to find ways of using, in the classroom, some of the techniques developed by Dr. Howard Taylor and his associates at Iowa State University involving investigations into root growth.
Two $200 Cash Scholarships
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
This year at the Hawkeye Science Fair April 3-4, 1981, there will be two special awards given by the Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards and an anonymous donor.
Teachers Tips From Kodak
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A new booklet, Teachers Tips from Kodak, shows 275 different ideas and ways to use photography as a teaching aid.
Outdoor Education At Knoxville, Curt Froyen
Outdoor Education At Knoxville, Curt Froyen
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Many of the outdoor science activities at Knoxville wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the unusual arrangement of science classes. Students in the environmental science class, which meets during the fall semester, and the field biology class, which meets in the spring, attend class twice a week for two hours straight and once on Friday for one hour. All students are required to either take one of the field classes or general chemistry, as well as a semester in human biology.
Astronomy News
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Texas McDonald Observatory, in an effort to increase public understanding of astronomy, publishes McDonald Observatory News.
The Meter Redefined
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The current definition of the meter, based on the measurement of the wavelength of a line in the 86Kr spectrum, is 104 times less accurate than the definition of time by the cesium "atomic clock."
Energy Booklet
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The following energy booklet is available free from Edison Electric Institute.
Vulcanism
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
If you want slides of the Mount St. Helens volcanic activity, a set of 10 is available for $12.50 from Volcano.
Trailing The Trilobite, Joseph H. Brown
Trailing The Trilobite, Joseph H. Brown
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Rocky ledges jutting forth to form stony outcrops along -Iowa's streams, roadcuts and hillsides provide evidence of ancient environments entirely different from the rolling prairies of today. These rocky ledges were laid down in the bottoms of vast shallow seas which covered most of Iowa in its past history. Over great lengths of time, the waters swept back and forth, rising and subsiding, leaving a record in the layers of the earth's materials deposited in their depths. As the seas rose and fell, the deposits buried one another and became layers of conglomerate, sandstone, shale and gypsum. Minerals of calcite, …
Educational Handicaps In Chemistry Students, Charles Douglass Jr.
Educational Handicaps In Chemistry Students, Charles Douglass Jr.
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Research has been carried out to determine which characteristics and abilities are the best predictors of success in a college level chemistry course. Much of the work has centered on achievement measures such as high school chemistry performance, SAT or ACT scores, and the like. Factors other than demonstrated aptitude and ability are also important to success. Some research has looked at the effect of cognitive styles and motivational factors in attempting to predict success. Recent studies in our department indicate that most students who do not perform well may be thought of as suffering from an educational handicap, where …
Nasa Slides
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
NASA is offering sets of slides on 20 different topics in return for Kodachrome 25 film.
Ethics As A Science: Going From "Is" To "Ought", Warren Shibles
Ethics As A Science: Going From "Is" To "Ought", Warren Shibles
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Two beliefs which serve to prevent teaching, defining, or progress in ethics and morality are: 1. That we cannot derive an "ought" from an "is." We supposedly cannot derive value statements from factual statements. 2. That we cannot define ethical terms in terms of non-ethical terms (naturalistic fallacy). But can we derive an "ought" from an "is?" Does it ever make sense to do so? Let's take a case as it may arise. It is cold outside. I know that a chill may bring on a cold and I wish to avoid catching cold. I then conclude "I ought to …
Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Editorial Staff ; Officers & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section; Advisory & Technical Review Boards
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
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Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Loss Of Farmlands
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Every day, 12 more square miles of American farmland is converted to non-agricultural purposes, according to Disappearing Farmlands, published by the Agricultural Lands Project.
Chemsmiles
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A brightly-colored collection of slogans on seven different shirts, and 20 stickers for introductory chemistry are now available.
A Family Life Education Program, James J. Hungerford, Opal A. Fagle
A Family Life Education Program, James J. Hungerford, Opal A. Fagle
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In April of 1968, the initial work of the Marshalltown Family Life Education Program began. Parents, concerned citizens and various civic organizations made their requests known to the Board of Education that they believed there was a need for the school to improve and study the present Family Life Program in the Marshalltown schools.
Ragweed
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Aqueous extracts from the leaf of giant ragweed reduce growth in sorghum seedlings and reduce germination in sorghum and radish seeds.