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Open Letter From The President, David L. Fagle
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Application For Membership; Back Cover
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers
Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Open Letter From The Editor, Robert Yager
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.
Pollen As A Teaching Tool, Paul W. Tweeten
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
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
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
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
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.