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Editor's Corner - Support And Growth, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Editor's Corner - Support And Growth, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Having now begun my fifth year as editor of the Iowa Science Teachers Journal (ISTJ), I have become quite certain of the optimum role of the ISTJ and the factors needed for that role to be filled. Inside the front cover of the ISTJ is stated that the Journal is dedicated to the improvement of science teaching and the stimulation of interest in scientific studies. If a strong science education program is to be maintained in Iowa, this publication must include material for science teachers from elementary through graduate science methods.
Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Officers & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents
Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Branching, Ed Harris
Branching, Ed Harris
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
For many years I have observed and photographed visual patterns. Sometimes I stumble upon them, and other times I search to find them, record them and perhaps make some sense of the relationships I see in the many variations. In the early '70s I began to put these observations together and to classify the many patterns into branching and layering. These two systems I see as primal information from which the human can better understand an underlying structure in the universe. These universal patterns act as building blocks to many diverse and complex forms and phenomena. The images and ideas …
Astronomy Bulletin - April, May And June 1988, P. Steven Leiker
Astronomy Bulletin - April, May And June 1988, P. Steven Leiker
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The promise of warmer weather in the spring and summer months brings out the astronomer in everyone. The night sky for April, May and June contains many interesting objects that can be viewed with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope.
Science Notes - What's The Outlook For Summer 1988, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Science Notes - What's The Outlook For Summer 1988, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
One week Outlook training sessions will be offered in Iowa beginning June 5 and June 12. Outlook is an environmental education enrichment program developed in Iowa for grades K-12.
Science Notes - National Association Of Interpretation Offers Workshop
Science Notes - National Association Of Interpretation Offers Workshop
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A workshop entitled "Interpreting the Heartland" is being offered by Region V of the National Association of Interpretation. The program will run April 7-10, 1988, and has been planned to emphasize the cultural and natural history of the Omaha, Nebraska, region with concurrent sessions, panel discussions, workshops, special speakers and field trips. Program topics will include evaluating interpretation, living history workshops, hands-on educational kits, discovery room development, storytelling, Project WILD, folklore as an interpretive tool and blending natural and human history.
Science Notes - Uni Institute For Environmental Education Offers Spring Workshops, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Uni Institute For Environmental Education Offers Spring Workshops, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Once again, the University of Northern Iowa, through its Institute for Environmental Education, is offering workshops at Springbrook State Park, near Guthrie Center and Camp EWALU, near Strawberry Point.
Science Notes - Iowa Chautauqua Program Works With Schools To Meet Nsta Goal, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Iowa Chautauqua Program Works With Schools To Meet Nsta Goal, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Iowa Chautauqua Program is offering several workshops this year for interested individuals. The program is designed to produce materials and teaching strategies that will help schools to meet the NSTA "goal of science education during the 1980s." That goal states that programs should develop "scientifically literate individuals who understand how science, technology and society influence one another and who are able to use this knowledge."
Science Notes - Educators' Network Offered By The Climate Protection Institute, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Educators' Network Offered By The Climate Protection Institute, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Climate Protection Institute, through its Educators' Network Project, is working to bring the topic of global warming into science classrooms. In the project, the CPI serves as a clearinghouse for suggestions for lesson plans designed to make global warming a part of schools' curricula.
Science Notes - Energy And Education Newsletter, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Energy And Education Newsletter, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The National Science Teachers Association's Special Projects recently began its eleventh year of publishing the newsletter Energy and Education. For a time, financial difficulties made continuation of the newsletter doubtful, but it has survived and continues to be the only national newsletter for energy education. Energy and Education is designed to keep readers up-to-date on new projects and materials on energy.
Science Notes - Teaching Aids Offered By American Cancer Society, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Teaching Aids Offered By American Cancer Society, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Cancer Society, through its public education services, offers several teaching aids that may be of interest to Iowa science teachers. Films, videotapes, pamphlets, resource materials, posters and complete program packages are among the materials offered by the society, and some aids are available in Spanish as well as English.
Editor's Corner - Professional Reading And Other Priorities, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Editor's Corner - Professional Reading And Other Priorities, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Teach till three, coach basketball, write a lesson plan, grade tests, call Jason's mother, schedule the bus for the trip to Des Moines, find the "Must Do Today" list ----- If you found your "Must Do Today'' list next to this editorial, you have plenty of other priorities in hand and I need not continue the list started above. If you have read this far, perhaps you can be persuaded to read on while I share some thoughts about increasing the depth of our professional reading which may be at the level of our "Must Do Today" list.
Science Notes - "Astronomy Day" Aids Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - "Astronomy Day" Aids Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
April 23, 1988, has been declared "Astronomy Day." Clubs, museums and schools all around the United States are being encouraged to participate in celebrating the annual event by hosting local events.
What Every Young Iowa Child Should Know, Judith Amfahr
What Every Young Iowa Child Should Know, Judith Amfahr
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
For where do we have greater opportunities to teach awareness of environment, the beauty of nature, and the good life, than right here in Iowa? And regardless of your district science curriculum, these themes can be tucked between, or incorporated into existing units of study. Often it takes just the right story to stimulate thinking and encourage children to ask questions and seek knowledge. Share with the children in your class the best authors that are available. Try to select authors that reflect love of the environment and real life experiences in their writings. The fiction books that you use …
Thinking About Thinking Skills, Alice Krueger
Thinking About Thinking Skills, Alice Krueger
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Thinking skill instruction for school-age children is a significant topic for today's educators to consider. A coalition of 27 educational groups, including the National Education Association and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, has been formed to promote thinking skill instruction in the nation's classrooms (Lytle, 1986). A poll of ASCD members shows that about 90 percent want better thinking skill instruction to be a major priority in the coming year (Beyer, 1984). Educators taking the Graduate Student Examinations now have to think through a section on reasoning.
Science Notes - Biotech Film Available
Science Notes - Biotech Film Available
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
"Of the Earth: Agriculture and the New Biology," a new film showing the applications of biotechnology to agriculture, is now available for classroom use. The film shows how new technology will make the American farmer more efficient and more competitive in the world marketplace.
Science Notes - In-Class Study Of Living Things, Kerisa L. Chung
Science Notes - In-Class Study Of Living Things, Kerisa L. Chung
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
NSTA Publications announces the availability of the book Classroom Creature Culture: From Algae to Anoles which provides detailed, classroom-tested instructions for the close-up study of living things. Students learn about the life cycle and ecological niche of each creature, temporarily replicate its habitat in the classroom and acquire a respect for every form of life.
Science Notes - Free Materials From The American Nuclear Society, Kerisa L. Chung
Science Notes - Free Materials From The American Nuclear Society, Kerisa L. Chung
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Educators may request a single copy of the American Nuclear Society's educational materials: "Classroom Projects on Nuclear Technology" sets I and II and a "Nuclear Science Curriculum."
Science Notes - Olympic Field Seminars, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Olympic Field Seminars, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The United States Department of the Interior will hold "Olympic Field Seminars" between June 26 and October 4. The 1987 schedule includes seminars at Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park and Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument (in Gifford Pinchot National Forest).
A Case For Geology, Lynn A. Brant
A Case For Geology, Lynn A. Brant
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Geology suffers from two enduring stereotypes. The first stereotype is that geology is "about rocks and minerals," period. It is true that the materials, the configurations of matter, studied in geology are largely rocks and minerals, but the study of geology goes much further than this simple intention. It has a lot more to say about the world in which we live than just a study of earth materials. The second stereotype concerns the reasons one should study geology. Many persons, including not a few professional geologists, regard geology's role in society as limited to the finding and producing of …
And The Wind Blew Fiercely, C. J. Bacino
And The Wind Blew Fiercely, C. J. Bacino
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
The Iowa Science Teachers Section Needs You!
The Iowa Science Teachers Section Needs You!
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The more than 600 members of the Q Section deserve to be recognized as the qualified, quality individuals that they are. The ISTS leadership would like to enlist your expertise. Please help your section of the Iowa Academy of Science. In the blanks provided or on another sheet of paper, recommend yourself or others who you feel would/could serve on standing committees, or consider serving the ISTS by holding an office.
University Of Iowa Model For Science Teacher Education, Robert E. Yager
University Of Iowa Model For Science Teacher Education, Robert E. Yager
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Teachers can learn to assess their teaching performance and to use such information for improvement. Several observations and experiments have led to the formulation of a model at the University of Iowa which continues to grow and to be modified as experiences with it dictate. The model has evolved from over two decades of efforts. However; it has matured as a result of the NSF supported Iowa-UPSTEP program (a teacher-education development effort which enjoyed ten years of support), and the NSTA Search for Excellence project which arose from a 1977-80 NSF research effort called Project Synthesis (Harms & Yager, 1981).
Ye Olde Learning Center, Stephanie A. Althof, Carl W. Bollwinkel, Kate J. Mcinroy
Ye Olde Learning Center, Stephanie A. Althof, Carl W. Bollwinkel, Kate J. Mcinroy
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
As new information and technology flood the educational system, more and more educators find themselves faced with data bases, software, computer links, and other "advanced tools" designed to make teaching easier. Talking computers flash messages and beep for correct answers {to the delight of many children), and it becomes fairly obvious that we are in an "out with the old, in with the new" generation. However, there is one basic and relatively simple teaching tool that refuses to die: the learning center.
Teaching Thinking Skills: Can We? Do We?, Edward L. Pizzini
Teaching Thinking Skills: Can We? Do We?, Edward L. Pizzini
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In virtually every journal related to education, one can find an article pertaining to "thinking skills." To say the least, the term is on the forefront in education. Likewise, its continued emergence in science education is not coincidental. After all, science is closely associated with logic and reasoning and should be a focal point for enhancing the development of the basic skills of thinking. The basic questions raised in this manuscript are "Can we and do we teach thinking skills in the science classroom?"
I Cloned A Gene With The Vector Team, Stephen Streff
I Cloned A Gene With The Vector Team, Stephen Streff
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
There were no elephants with two trunks, no corn plants with four ears and no humans turned into Frankensteins, but there was evidence of recombinant DNA, transformation and cloned organisms. During the first week in August, 26 high school instructors from across the state and two college instructors received training in the laboratory skills of recombinant DNA at Drake University. The course, "A First Laboratory Course in Recombinant DNA Technology," was presented by David Micklos, the program director for the DNA Literacy Program at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred International …