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The Ias Bulletin, V5n6, November 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- An Open Letter from the President to the Members of the Iowa Academy of Science
--- Manuscripts for the Proceedings Invited
--- News from the Fall Directors' Meeting
--- Plans for 1972 Spring Meeting Shaping Up
--- Call for Papers for the 1972 Spring Meeting
--- Archeology Section Now Anthropology Section
--- What Ever Became of the Articulation Effort?
--- Future Meetings of the Academy
--- Geology Monograph Widely Distributed
--- New Officers of ISTS
--- Special Summer Study Opportunity Available
--- Do-It-Yourself Kit for Activists
--- 56% of …

The Ias Bulletin, V5n5, September 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- Proceedings Progress
--- Business Manager for Proceedings Appointed
--- Submit Manuscripts for Proceedings at Any Time
--- Iowa Science Teachers Journal Will Have Limited Distribution
--- Staff Changes at Drake Involve Academy "Activists"
--- Status of the Iowa State Preserves Advisory Board Uncertain
--- Darling Foundation Issues Catalog of Conversation Education Facilities
--- Are you a Member of AAAS?
--- AAAS Research Grants Awarded
--- AAAS Governance Changes Being Proposed
--- Guide to Upper Iowa River Published By George Knudson of Luther College
--- AAPT-Iowa Section
--- Student Programs …

The Ias Bulletin, V5n3, May 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1971-72
--- Election Results
--- Attendance at 83rd Session
--- Membership at all Time High
--- Section Interests Among Academy Members
--- Visiting Scientist Program Dead
--- Iowa Science Teachers Journal to be Distributed Only as Requested
--- Social Implications Committee Selects Single Concern for its Attention
--- Important Recommendations from the Academy's Committee on Governmental Cooperation and Assistance
--- Academy Farm Operating Under New Policies
--- Student Programs to be Evaluated
--- Recognition and Awards
--- Explanation of Election Ballot with Signature Space
--- Two Junior Academy Members to Represent …

83rd Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 23-24, 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

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Annual Report And Membership List, 1970-71, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Report of the Executive Secretary --- 4
Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting --- 9
Report of the Governmental Cooperation and Assistance Committee --- 16
Report of the Publications Committee --- 19
Report of the Editor --- 21
Report of the Librarian --- 22
Report of the Social Implications Committee --- 23
Report of the Student Programs Committee --- 24
Report of the Recognition and Awards Committee --- 25
Report of the Finance Committee --- 26
Report of the Treasurer --- 28
Report of the Resolutions Committee --- 29
Report of the Elections Committee --- 30
Report of the …

Open Letter From The Editor, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As we prepare copy for Volume 9 of the Iowa Science Teachers' Journal, we are reminded that this volume represents the ninth year for the Journal in its present format and as a publication of the Iowa Academy of Science. Because no appropriation was made by the state legislature during 1971 for support of the Academy, the Journal will be issued only three times during 1971- 72.

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Anatomy: Its Role Today And In The Future, W. K. Metcalf

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Modern anatomy can be divided into three stages. The first stage, the dawn of modern anatomy, came in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, largely as a result of the work of two men, Leonardo da Vinci and Vesalius.

Scientific Articles And Inquiry In The Biology Classroom, Melton E. Golmon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Although much emphasis has been placed, in professional journals, science textbooks and teacher training programs, on the inquiry method of teaching, the inquiry teaching concept has achieved only a limited acceptance in secondary schools.

Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

For teachers who are looking for more ideas and background in teaching earth and space science, this new publication should provide just the lift. Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science is a compilation of outstanding articles which have been brought together from Science and Children, 1963-1971, by William B. Matthews III, Professor of Geology at Lamar State College of Technology, Texas.

Four Important Ecology Lectures On Cassette Tape

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A series of lectures on ecology - some of the newest thinking in the environmental field - has been taped on cassette by Ecology Focus.

Investigative Methods For The Science Teacher, Bernard D. Hermanson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The basis for this research project was the idea: Why tell or lecture students about an idea or fact when, if given the appropriate information, they would be able to figure it out for themselves? This does not mean that we hand the students a text and tell them to learn about the subject on their own, nor is this "investigative" approach to be used all the time. Because of the different levels of reasoning needed for various topics, one cannot expect a student to deduce the composition of an atom as easily as he can deduce the composition of …

Grading Practices: A Current Bibliography

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Published by the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the June issue of the Biological Sciences News.

Iowa Science Teachers Journal To Be Distributed Only As Requested

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Board of Directors, acting on the results of a survey of interest in the Journal and recommendations of the Publications Committee, decided to reduce this publication to three issues per year and to distribute it to those in the Academy who indicate interest in the Science Teaching Section.

Count Rumford: Designer Of Clothes, Peter H. Sweedy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When developing a concept in class, I think all teachers realize the importance of taking into account the attention span of their students. One report I read felt that most college students can maintain a good 30-minute attention span, whereas seventh grade students can only average a period of four to five minutes of concentration on a speaker.

Science Teachers Look At Themselves And Their Schools

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Teachers Association is offering science teachers new materials to help them get a better look at their own professional development and at the conditions under which they work.

Nsta Combined Bibliography Ready

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Teachers, supervisors and administrators will find the new Bibliography of Science Courses of Study and Textbooks for Grades K-12 1970 helpful in planning the school science curriculum.

Revolutionary Chemistry

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A chemistry course is "telling it like it is" at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Titled Revolutionary Chemistry, the new honors course for non-science majors puts the emphasis on student needs and interests. It is the brainchild of University of Wisconsin chemist, Robert C. West.

Paramecia Affected By Leaf Extracts, M. Bley, B. Frenchick, K. Smith

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Leaves and needles from deciduous and coniferous trees play a major role in the formation of soil in their respective forests and thus help to determine the type of life that can successfully live there. Because of the known effects of leaf and needle litter on larger invertebrate life, earthworms, millipedes, etc., it was decided to experiment with infusions of paramecia derived from both leaves and needles to see if they were similarly affected.

Orau To Develop Environmental Science Package For High School Students

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will develop and test a package of environmental measuring devices that high school students will build themselves from basic electronic components and then use to monitor air, water, noise and radiation pollution levels in their home communities.

Action Education: An Educator's Response To A Community's Drug Problem, Gene Balk

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In the spring of 1969, the Mason City area was brought face to face with an ever-increasing problem in our society-drugs and narcotics. The community and surrounding area were deeply concerned. How had it happened? When did it start? How many were involved? What age levels were affected? What can we do?

Programs In Environmental Education Readied For Mid-Fall Release

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The latest National Science Teachers Association compilation of going environmental programs held by schools will be available by mid-October. Programs in Environmental Education is an aid to teachers, curriculum planners and others interested in examples of current environmental education programs.

New Publication

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Journal of College Science Teaching is now being published quarterly by the National Science Teachers Association (Volume 1, Number 1, October 1971). The magazine is designed to disseminate the basic and innovative knowledge of science teaching and to promote the application of this knowledge to introductory college science and its function in bringing greater scientific literacy into general education.

A Semiquantitative Method For The Study Of Air Pollutant Mixtures, David J. Kuhn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The envelope of pollution that encompasses a significant portion of our country, particularly the urban areas, is a source of growing national concern. All of us need to increase our understanding of the sources, the components, and the physiological and environmental effects of air pollution.

Two-Billion-Year-Old Algae

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Fossil evidence that blue-green algae much like those that exist today existed as much as two billion years ago has been found on a knoll near Eveleth, Minnesota.

Book Review - Regeneration, James F. Arnesen

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This book, Regeneration, purports to have been written to help bridge the gap in the area of regeneration as a key to the understanding of normal and abnormal growth and development.

Material Available From Environmental Protection Agency

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Environmental Protection Agency has available (free) pamphlets on water pollution, radiation, air pollution, solid waste, noise, pesticides and other pollution problems.

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Open Letter To Science Teachers: Are You Ready For The Third Generation?, Gerald H. Krockover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Conrad E. Ronneberg, professor of chemistry at Dennison University, Granville, Ohio, states in the June issue of Chemical and Engineering News that the first generation of NSF-sponsored texts such as CEA chemistry, CHEM Study chemistry, and PSSC physics, as well as BSCS biology, are totally inadequate and will probably be ignored by the new generation of science teachers.