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Science Notes - Natural History Potpourri Workshop, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Science Notes - Natural History Potpourri Workshop, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Teachers have indicated a need for a week-long workshop dealing with basic natural history topics such as trees, prairie flowers, birds, pond animals and rocks. These topics will be explored via field trips, classroom presentations and application activities during week-long workshops to be presented at the Iowa Conservation Education Center at Springbrook State Park near Guthrie Center, Iowa. The beginning dates for the workshops are June 3 and June 17. Activities will begin on Sunday evening and culminate on Friday afternoon.
Science Notes - Great Teacher Workshops
Science Notes - Great Teacher Workshops
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Did you know that Iowa law requires water quality issues be taught in seventh and eighth grade science? This is a result of the 1987 Groundwater Protection Act. GREAT (Groundwater Resources & Educational Activities for Teaching) is a program for earth/life/general science in grades 7-9 that was designed to help teachers meet this requirement.
Science Notes - Support Program For Instructional Competency In Astronomy, Darrel Hoff
Science Notes - Support Program For Instructional Competency In Astronomy, Darrel Hoff
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Astronomy education lacks a unified, national support program. The nation's 1,200-1,600 high school astronomy teachers are generally isolated from their peers. As many as 7,000 other teachers would like to develop astronomy courses but cannot find suitable materials. Approximately 20 percent of a typical earth science course is astronomy, and studies show earth science teachers generally have weak astronomy backgrounds. Astronomy resources for elementary grades exist, but, as in earth science, teacher preparation is often insufficient. To remedy these problems a plan, called Project SPICA, has been developed by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
Science Notes - Corporate Sponsored Scholarships For Minority Undergraduate Students Planning To Major In Physics, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Corporate Sponsored Scholarships For Minority Undergraduate Students Planning To Major In Physics, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Physical Society (APS), in cooperation with several corporate sponsors, has made several $2500 scholarships available to minority undergraduate students studying physics. For each scholarship awarded, $2000 will be given the student, $500 the hosting college or university. Any Black, Hispanic or Native American United States citizens who plan to major in physics and who are high school seniors or college freshmen or sophomores may apply for the scholarships.
Science Notes - University Of Iowa 1989-90 Museum Programs, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - University Of Iowa 1989-90 Museum Programs, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The University of Iowa's Museum of Natural History is offering three series of programs for students and teachers. "An Afternoon with a Scientist," "Field Trips" and" Animal Tales: Stories for Children" are ongoing programs that are open to the public.
Science Notes - You Can Still Be A Presenter At The Nsta National Convention
Science Notes - You Can Still Be A Presenter At The Nsta National Convention
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A companion to the Elementary Science Day is the annual Council for Elementary Science International "CESI Meet, Greet, Make and Take" workshop. This popular convention session provides a wide variety of activities and ideas for teaching science in the elementary classroom. The setting of this workshop is informal. Presenters station themselves around the room as the participants move freely from station to station, learning about the activities, constructing instructional materials and discussing how they might incorporate these new ideas in their teaching.
Science Notes - Careers Brochure Offered By The American Institute Of Physics, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Careers Brochure Offered By The American Institute Of Physics, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Institute of Physics has made available a brochure entitled "Careers in Physics." The color pamphlet includes sections about high school and post-secondary studies in physics, physics in technology, careers in physics and fields of physics.
Science Notes - Census Education Project Developed By Department Of Commerce, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Census Education Project Developed By Department Of Commerce, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The United States Department of Commerce (through the Bureau of the Census) has been distributing materials for the "1990 Census Education Project."
Science Notes - Agi/Nsta Earth Science Examination, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Agi/Nsta Earth Science Examination, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Plans are now underway to develop a second edition of the AGI/ NSTA Earth Science Examination scheduled for release during the 1991-92 academic year. The developers of the test are asking that persons in the earth science education community provide feedback concerning the first edition of the exam (published in 1988) and submit new items for inclusion in the second edition.
Science Notes - Ias Excellence In Science Teaching Award Nominations, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Ias Excellence In Science Teaching Award Nominations, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Iowa Academy of Science is currently accepting nominations for its Excellence in Science Teaching Awards. Each year, Iowa teachers are chosen to receive the award in each of seven categories: biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, elementary science, junior high science and general/multiple science.
Science Notes - Eighth Annual Duracell Nsta Scholarship Competition
Science Notes - Eighth Annual Duracell Nsta Scholarship Competition
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Students wishing to compete for $30,000 in scholarships may enter the 1990 Duracell NSTA Scholarship Competition. Sponsored by Duracell U.S.A and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, the competition offers students in grades nine through twelve an opportunity to win up to $10,000 in college scholarships.
Science Notes - Science Notes Policy
Science Notes - Science Notes Policy
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Many science teaching materials are made available at no or low cost. A description of materials which are available free or for the cost of shipping may be included in a Science Note after they have been seen by one of the editors and are considered to be of educational value.
Editor's Corner - On The Importance Of High School Biology: A Note From The Assistant Editor For Biology, Norris M. Durham
Editor's Corner - On The Importance Of High School Biology: A Note From The Assistant Editor For Biology, Norris M. Durham
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Biology is life: human life, animal life, plant life, protozoan life. Its importance should never be underestimated! Why, then, are there so many students entering my university courses with no knowledge of high school biology whatsoever? It is unthinkable that a person can complete high school without having had a course in the life science.
Visualization, Ed Harris
Visualization, Ed Harris
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In pockets of deep prehistory, humans made the first marks on their world. Those marks were completely new images, images that had not existed before. The painting and tooling on stone walls recorded and attempted to explain human interaction with the world. Languages, alphabets, systems of numbers and physical structures came much later. Each new tool eventually became interconnected with the others to produce more complex means of studying, recording and building the human-world relationship. These pockets of activity moved, merged, divided or died. The accumulations of perceptions, knowledge and technology continued to mix and reconnect.
Science Notes - Brochure On "Careers In Animal Behavior" Offered, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Brochure On "Careers In Animal Behavior" Offered, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Education Committee of the Animal Behavior Society has produced a brochure titled "Careers in Animal Behavior."
Creative Cooperation Through Competition, Gail B. Wortmann, Peggy L. Steffen, Theodore L. Buttel
Creative Cooperation Through Competition, Gail B. Wortmann, Peggy L. Steffen, Theodore L. Buttel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The competition includes a division for fourth through sixth grades and a division for seventh and eighth grades. Our district contains nine elementary schools and one junior high. With such a large district, we have over 400 contestants. The competition takes place in the afternoons of two school days, which releases teachers to help in supervision and allows students to be dismissed at the regular time. This helps ensure large attendance and avoids after-school transportation problems.
Science Notes - University Of Iowa 1989-90 Museum Programs, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - University Of Iowa 1989-90 Museum Programs, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The University of Iowa's Museum of Natural History is continuing its series of programs for students and teachers. "Field Trips" and "Animal Tales: Stories for Children" are ongoing programs open to the public.
Science Notes - Earth Day Teleconference
Science Notes - Earth Day Teleconference
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Iowa Conservation Education Council, in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa State University Cooperative Extension, is sponsoring a teleconference in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.
Science Notes - Izaak Walton League Newsletter Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Izaak Walton League Newsletter Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Izaak Walton League of America is offering free subscriptions of its quarterly publication, Outdoor Ethics, to interested science educators. Outdoor Ethics was created to help its readers understand the importance of the behavior of all users of the outdoors and the impact that behavior has on natural resources. Recent issues of Outdoor Ethics have included articles about hunting, illegal animal collecting, wilderness expansion and camping.
Science Notes - Information On Whales Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Information On Whales Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Greenpeace USA and the Whale Adoption Project have made several pieces of information on whales available to interested educators.
Science Notes - Energy Information Sources For School Children Available
Science Notes - Energy Information Sources For School Children Available
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
An update of the National Energy Information Center's (NEIC) "Selected Source of Energy-Related Material for School Children and Educators" is now available.
Science Notes - National School Science Safety Competition Launched
Science Notes - National School Science Safety Competition Launched
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The best secondary school laboratory safety program will be recognized by the Curry College Laboratory Safety Workshop, Fisher Scientific's Education Materials Division and UVEX Winter Optical following a nationwide competition. The winning school will receive a $1000 prize for its science department's safety program
Winter's One, Two Low Blow, Marjorie F. Vargas
Winter's One, Two Low Blow, Marjorie F. Vargas
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Science Notes - Endangered Species Information Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Endangered Species Information Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Gas Association is offering an endangered species information packet free of charge to science educators. Included in the packet is an activities guide for teachers and a full-color classroom poster.
Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Improving Science Teacher Preparation: Perspective On Standards, Robert L. Fisher
Improving Science Teacher Preparation: Perspective On Standards, Robert L. Fisher
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
They are all telling you how to educate your future teachers of science: Legislators are passing mandates; professional committees publish report after report; state bureaucrats are holding the line on regulations that have been around for years; the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) is adopting new standards; and the guys down the hall have suddenly become experts on what you are doing to educate teachers. Too much! But, if you are a college science instructor involved with the preparation of science teachers for the K-12 schools, there are developments from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) …
Astronomy News & Resources, P. Steven Leiker, Thomas A. Hockey
Astronomy News & Resources, P. Steven Leiker, Thomas A. Hockey
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Most of us have at one time or another in our lives seen a meteor, or "shooting star," on a clear night. This phenomenon usually appears as a brief streak of light in the sky. A meteor occurs when a tiny meteoroid intercepts the Earth's atmosphere and meets a fiery destruction due to the tremendous friction it encounters.
Science Notes - Acid Rain Poster Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Acid Rain Poster Available, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Publication Department has made available a poster entitled "Acid Rain: The Effects on Aquatic Species." The poster includes descriptions of acid rain and pH, the causes of acid rain, its effects and methods of testing.