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Reviews - Vistas Of Science Books, E. Russell Tepaske

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Teachers Association has conceived and developed the Vistas of Science series. In so doing, NSTA advances its own central purpose: improvement of the teaching of science. In addition, Vistas books provide scientific background for those who would be well-informed, responsible citizens.

Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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High School Science Instructors Can Help With Elementary Science, Milbert H. Krohn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Four years ago a number of questions were raised by the staff and administration at Spirit Lake. What is the nature of our science instruction at the elementary level? What capabilities do our staff have? What is needed to improve our elementary science program?

Portable Darkroom, Richard F. Trump

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

If your lab lacks a photographic darkroom, here is a partial answer - a portable model that you can store under the demonstration table.

A Microscope Lamp, Roger Volker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

9. a microscope

The beginning student in biology is faced with a number of difficulties in laboratory work, and many of these problems are related to his use of the microscope. Some students, even after a year or more of biology, still confess they have rarely seen what they were supposed to see through the microscope.

Increasing Our Membership, Lindy Solon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At this writing we have approximately 111 members in good standing or should I say just standing and not doing much else. If we are to become a group of scientists who teach, then why don't we quit standing and attempt to get at least one fellow teacher in each school system to join our association?

News And Notes - Annual Short Course For Science Teachers At Iowa State University Planned For March 1964

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Friday and Saturday, March 6th and 7th, are the dates for the 1964 annual Short Course for Science Teachers to be held at Iowa State University in collaboration with the Iowa Association of Science Teachers. The faculty for the short course will consist of both Iowa State staff members, and off-campus scientists and educators, including a number of outstanding high school science teachers.

News And Notes - Outstanding Biology Teacher Award Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The committee for the selection of Iowa's Outstanding Biology Teacher for 1964 will begin evaluating candidates' applications on March 15, 1964.

Review - Research Problems In Biology - Investigations For Students - Series 1 And 2, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

These books now exist in a pocket book style. They are the "Biological Investigations" prepared by the BSCS groups. The investigations have been refined and are available in this commercial form. They are still of the high quality as expected when one considers that they are truly a research prospectus in the finest sense.

Review - The Quest Of Johannes Kepler, Astronomer, Andrew Stevenson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Barbara Land has written a book presenting the scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler. She has explained the theories and events which influenced Kepler.

Advertisements - Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Can You Live With Your Teaching Assignment?, Rex T. Morrison

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At the meeting of chemistry teachers interested in or teaching the CHEM Study course held at Roosevelt High School on December 7, 1963, concurrently with a meeting of biology teachers interested in BSCS and another meeting of PSSC Physics teachers, the problems of getting the new course more widely adopted were discussed.

Imagine - Chemistry In The Sixth Grade!, Helen W. Hawkins, Mildred L. Schultz

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The introduction of an organized science program in the elementary school has brought about a reorganization of the science offerings at the junior and high school levels. The background in science that is dev eloped at the elementary level has made it possible for the junior and senior high school science teachers to expand their programs. The problem that educators face is to determine what phases of science can be most effectively introduced in the elementary school.

News And Notes - Congratulations

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

William V. Houser, a science teacher at Roosevelt High, Des Moines, has been named the Iowa Teacher of the Year for 1964.

Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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The Hawkeye Science Fair, Dean C. Stroud

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In the spring of 1958 a group of people representing the Iowa Medical Society, the Des Moines Register and Tribune, and Drake University were asked to meet to consider a suggestion that a science fair organization be developed to serve central Iowa and thus encourage high school students to do research.

Iowa Science Talent Search, J. D. Woods

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At the meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science to be held April 17, 1964, at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, seven Iowa high school seniors will be honored as winners of Collins Science Scholarships in the Eighteenth Iowa Science Talent Search.

News And Notes - New Members?

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

ISTA can still use more members! Have you done your job in locating one more professionally minded science teacher in Iowa?

Frogs: Living Tools Of Science, Roger Volker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The lowly frog has long been the biologist's friend. As a small vertebrate available in large numbers, this amphibian has been made the high point of every biology class across the country, since the turn of the century.

The Eastern Iowa Science Fair, Irvin H. Gerks

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The first regional Eastern Iowa Science Fair was held in Cedar Rapids in late March, 1960. The organizing efforts were furnished principally by the Cedar Rapids Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, under the energetic leadership of Dr. and Mrs. John F. Troxel. Affiliation with. NFS-I, sponsored by Science Service, Inc., Washington, D. C., was established.

Pollen As A Teaching Tool, Paul W. Tweeten

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

One of the basic needs I have encountered in teaching biology is being able to reach a designated goal by different avenues; that is, a diversified approach to the subject. I will attempt to show how a different tool, pollen, can be used to illustrate a number of common biological concepts.

News And Notes - Ista At Isea

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Vice President David Fagle has been making plans for a fine fall meeting of ISTA at the October 16, 1964, meeting of ISEA.

News And Notes - Complimentary Copies Of Issue No. 1 Of Volume 2

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Complimentary copies of vol.2 no.1 have been mailed to every secondary science teacher in Iowa as a means of informing all teachers of the activities and organization of the Iowa Science Teachers Association and the existence of this Journal.

Open Letter From The President, David L. Fagle

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Science Teacher's Association is a growing organization and this journal is evidence of its expanding program. All teachers of science in the State of Iowa should be active members of this worthwhile organization.

News And Notes - Ista At Isea

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

October 6 found a significant number of ISTA members present for the annual fall meeting in Des Moines.

Junior Academy News - Kevin Binns And Bonnie Tinker Are Representing Iowa Junior Academy Of Science At Montreal, December 28, 1964

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The third meeting of the American Junior Academy of Science will be held in Montreal, Canada, December 28. Bonnie Tinker is presenting a paper on Prejudice and Insecurity. Kevin Binns is presenting a paper on Analysis of Caucasian-Christian Influence at West Des Moines Indian Burial Ground.

Application For Membership; Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Letter From The President, Lyle Anderson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

It was my privilege to attend a conference of officers of science teacher associations for thirty-two states this summer and to see what other associations are doing.

News And Notes - Ista Affiliation With Nabt

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At the fall meeting of ISTA, as the science section of ISEA, the decision was made to formally affiliate ISTA with the National Association of Biology Teachers as soon as possible.

Isea & Ista Meetings, Lyle Anderson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Information about the Iowa Science Education Association & Iowa Science Teachers’ Association to be held October 18, 1963.