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University of Northern Iowa

Journal

1964

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Open Letter From The President, David L. Fagle Jan 1964

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.


Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers Jan 1964

Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Performance Of Eighth And Tenth Year Students With Concepts Of General Biology, Herbert P. Brigham Jan 1964

Comparison Of Performance Of Eighth And Tenth Year Students With Concepts Of General Biology, Herbert P. Brigham

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The secondary science curriculum at the University High School in Iowa City, Iowa, is designed to include a required three year junior high sequence which consists of seventh grade chemistry / geology, eighth grade biology, and ninth grade physics / astronomy.


Prediction Of Success In Bscs Biology At The 9th Grade Level, D. J. Schmidt, R. E. Crist Jan 1964

Prediction Of Success In Bscs Biology At The 9th Grade Level, D. J. Schmidt, R. E. Crist

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

To truly accelerate students in science and mathematics at the secondary level, we must be able to predict success in science and mathematics before the student progresses too far in the accelerated course sequence.


Central System, Edmund Skellings Jan 1964

Central System, Edmund Skellings

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A poem about a frog’s nervous system.


Collection And Culture Of Lower Animal Forms, Cameron L. Christensen Jan 1964

Collection And Culture Of Lower Animal Forms, Cameron L. Christensen

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The trend in secondary biology is to use living material in so far as it is possible. Biology instruction, as it has advanced beyond the descriptive level, has included more projects requiring living animals. The local collecting and culturing of some of these organisms adds just that much more biological experience to the course.


Elementary Science Via Television, Verlin W. Lee Jan 1964

Elementary Science Via Television, Verlin W. Lee

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The State College of Iowa, State University of Iowa, and the Iowa State University, in conjunction with the Iowa Joint Committee on Educational Television, has endeavored to instigate several television programs which are broadcast primarily for classroom students throughout the listening areas of Ames, Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo, Iowa.


Iowa Science Teacher's Association Financial Report, Roger Volker Jan 1964

Iowa Science Teacher's Association Financial Report, Roger Volker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa Science Teacher’s Association Financial Report as presented at the Annual Meeting, October 16, 1964.


News And Notes - Another Visiting Physicists Program Jan 1964

News And Notes - Another Visiting Physicists Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The American Association of Physics Teachers-American Institute of Physics under a grant from the National Science Foundation will again sponsor visits by Iowa Industry, College and University Physicists to high school Physics Classes in the state during the 1964-65 school year.


News And Notes - Ista At Isea Jan 1964

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.


News And Notes - Regional Nsta Meeting Jan 1964

News And Notes - Regional Nsta Meeting

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Dean Stroud of Des Moines is to be congratulated for his fine work in organizing and administering the October 2-3 Regional NSTA meeting held in Des Moines.


News And Notes - New Members Jan 1964

News And Notes - New Members

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

If you have not renewed your ISTA membership it is now due. Thirty new members were accepted at the October 16 meeting in Des Moines. We are anxious to grow even more during our 1964-65 year.


News And Notes - Junior Academy Symposium Jan 1964

News And Notes - Junior Academy Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Academy of Science selected eighty-five talented secondary school students to participate in the first symposium to be conducted with funds from the National Science Foundation.


News And Notes - Affiliated With The Iowa Junior Academy Jan 1964

News And Notes - Affiliated With The Iowa Junior Academy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Is your school a member of the Iowa Junior Academy of Science?


News And Notes - Action In The Ista Regions Jan 1964

News And Notes - Action In The Ista Regions

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This year President Fagle has indicated that you can expect some real action in your ISTA region. The regional directors have recently met and have some specific goals for the year.


News And Notes - Junior Academy Manuscript Program Jan 1964

News And Notes - Junior Academy Manuscript Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Contact Thomas Scott, Roosevelt High, Des Moines, for information concerning procedure for your students who may want to enter the Junior Academy's Scientific Manuscript Program.


News And Notes - Nsta To Meet In Denver Jan 1964

News And Notes - Nsta To Meet In Denver

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Plan now to attend the National Science Teachers Association annual convention.


Reviews - Evolving, E. Russell Tepaske Jan 1964

Reviews - Evolving, E. Russell Tepaske

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

George Gaylord Simpson in Science states: "The most interesting . . . the most judicious scientific treatise that has ever been written on the nature of man.”


Reviews - Vistas Of Science Books, E. Russell Tepaske Jan 1964

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.


Reviews - Living Science Laboratories, E. Russell Tepaske Jan 1964

Reviews - Living Science Laboratories, E. Russell Tepaske

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The materials are written for grades 7-10 with varying degrees of depth and difficulty. The units are known as the “Living Science Laboratories.”


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

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 Jan 1964

Application For Membership; Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.


Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers Jan 1964

Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.


Open Letter From The Editor, Robert Yager Jan 1964

Open Letter From The Editor, Robert Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At the April meeting of the Board of Directors of the Iowa Academy of Science, the Board approved the continued sponsorship of the Iowa Science Teacher's Journal. In fact, this issue represents an expansion to twenty-four pages replacing the sixteen page size of each issue of Volume One.


Table Of Contents Jan 1964

Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.


Pollen As A Teaching Tool, Paul W. Tweeten Jan 1964

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.


App Science In Davenport, Warren Classon Jan 1964

App Science In Davenport, Warren Classon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Advanced Placement Program Biology was introduced at our Davenport Central High School last fall. This course, taught at a college freshman level, is designed to correlate with the APP operated by the College Entrance Examination Board.


News And Notes - Membership Jan 1964

News And Notes - Membership

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

It is that time when the five dollar membership is due. We hope that all two hundred 1963-64 members renew.


News And Notes - Junior Academy Science Symposium Jan 1964

News And Notes - Junior Academy Science Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This fall marks the beginning of a new era in the Iowa Junior Academy of Science. With a modest grant from the National Science Foundation, it has been possible to organize a research participation program for talented high school students in Iowa.


News And Notes - Regional Meeting Of Nsta Jan 1964

News And Notes - Regional Meeting Of Nsta

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

October 2 and 3 should find all science teachers in Des Moines at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. Dean Stroud has organized a very fine regional meeting for science teachers of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska as well as Iowa.