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Notes On The Mammals And Reptiles Inhabiting A Pinyon-Juniper Woodland In Western Nevada, Jeffrey B. Llewellyn

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

During a 33-month field study of Peromyscus maniculatus (Deer Mouse) and Peromyscus truei (Pinyon mouse), 8 species of small mammals were captured and 6 species of reptiles and 10 additional species of mammals were also recorded. Data is presented for habitat selection and relative density of the small mammals, and for the status (common, uncommon, rare) of the reptiles and additional mammals.

Annual Report Of The Iowa Academy Of Science 1979-80, Robert W. Hanson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The 100-year history of the Academy was completed by this author in the fall of 1974 and appeared in the March issue of the Proceedings in 1975 (the "centennial issue"). Since that year the Annual Report has been a running history of the Academy, highlighting the most significant activities of the society and providing for the future a reflection of Academy concerns on a year-to-year basis.

Movement Of Moose South Of Traditional Range In The Upper Midwestern United States, John B. Bowles, H. Lee Gladfelter

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

There have been several recent records of moose in southern Minnesota and Iowa, south of their traditional range. Additionally, a bull moose from southern Minnesota crossed Iowa in a southeasterly direction and entered northeastern Missouri, traveling a distance of about 900 km.

Water Source Of Big Spring Trout Hatchery, Clayton County, Iowa, Neill Heitmann

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A large naturally flowing spring emitting from the Galena Dolomite Formation in the valley wall of the Turkey River, 8 km northwest of Elkader, is the source of water supply for Big Spring Trout Hatchery. Precipitation in northern Clayton County infiltrating the bedrock and moving laterally along crevices and cavities in the dolomite rock is the principal recharge source for the spring. Numerous sinkholes as far as 13.9 km to the north and northeast capture surface runoff and funnel water to the spring. Chemical dyes and plastic spheres were used to trace the groundwater movement from the sinkholes to the …

The Effects Of Anxiety On Oral Reading Miscues, Marlene Sprain

Graduate Research Papers

Anxiety is a condition which is hard to define even though everyone has experienced it to some degree and at one time or another. One problem involved in defining it is to determine whether it is a long- or short-term characteristic. This is an important point because if anxiety is a long-term personality trait we need to find out which persons are anxious, how they got that way, and how they are coping with the condition. If, on the other hand, anxiety is merely a temporary state, we need to determine during which situations the anxiety is aroused and how …

A Study Of The Relationships Between Measures Of Fluid And Piagetian Intelligence, James Ray Hurley

Graduate Research Papers

Francis Galton (1869) was the first to suggest the scaling of human general intelligence, distinguishing fourteen grades ranging from the most illustrious and eminent to imbeciles and idiots. He sought to show that such intelligence was mainly hereditarily determined, although he was awe.re that most brilliant individuals were reared in intellectually stimulating environments. Charles Spearman, an officer in the British Army and a man of great military tradi tion, likewise became interested in the nature of intelligence. Comparatively late in life he became a professor at the University of London, where he built a world-famous psychological research center. Spearman asked …

Fantasy Genre Books For Middle School Students: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Loretta K. Talley

Graduate Research Papers

This survey of children's literature was undertaken to determine if a collection of 150 books meeting a fantasy genre definition could be developed as a basis for a mini-course for Edison Middle School students in Waterloo, Iowa. For this study, fantasy genre literature was defined as the literature of fantastic tales and chimerical tales, having been created by an author and having a world of wonders. Living toys, strange children, witches, supernatural animal figures, mythical worlds, combat between good and evil, journeys through time and space, and the "door" were identified as fantasy genre motifs.

The initial collection of 883 …

Consequences Of Conquest Upon Roman Political, Social, Economic, Cultural And Architectural Development During And After The Punic Wars, 2nd Century B.C., Deborah Carol Blinka

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The Roman conquest of the eastern Mediterranean (264-100 B.C.) was one of the more important events in Roman history. The expansion of Carthage had been brought to a halt when the genius of the Roman general Scipio enabled the Romans to defeat the Carthaginians decisively on their own ground, at Zama in North Africa. With Carthage subdued, Rome set out systematically forestalling the rise of any potentially dangerous rival in Greece or the Near East. Rome gradually filled the power vacuum left by the disintegrating Hellenistic states and for the first time in history, the whole Mediterranean area was to …

An Investigation Of Reversed Phase Thin-Layer Chromatography For The Separation Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Marvin V. Gibson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A reversed phase thin-layer chromatographic method employing the chemically bonded octadecylsilane as the stationary phase (Whatman KC18), has been investigated for the simultaneous analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitrogen heterocyclics (aza-arenes). Separations of mixtures of reference compounds were obtained with a number of mobile phases (developers) and the separation efficiencies depending on the individual solvent components were summarized. Double development and twodimensional thin-layer chromatography were used for identification purposes involving several environmental samples. This method, coupled with selective excitation fluorescence spectrometry, proved to be effective for the quantitative measurements of selected PAH and aza-arene compounds. The analytical procedures …

The Alumnus, V64n4, December 1979, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- 1979 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
-- 'Fall into Fantasy' - Homecoming/Reunions
-- Campus Avenews
-- Letters
-- Focus on Faculty
-- An alumna's eyeview of the campus
-- The story of 101 specialists
-- Directors MedLee
-- Alumni Avenews
-- Class Notes
-- Alumni Profiles

The Alumnus, V64n3, September 1979, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- UNI's music man - Myron Russell
-- Campus Avenews
-- Alumni Job Search - it works!
-- Teacher educators begin appraisal of total program
-- Happy 100th Birthday to the UNI Alumni Association
-- Focus on Faculty
-- Alumni Avenews
-- Director's MedLee
-- Class Notes

Summer Commencement [Program], July 27, 1979, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Noise Pollution In The Industrial Arts Laboratory, James A. Sundell

Graduate Research Papers

Industrial arts instructors have always recognized the need for a pleasant and safe environment in their laboratories. Advancements in technology have increased noise pollution in this environment.

Sounds have a useful and important place in the laboratory; also, they can have adverse effects. The instructor can tell immediately if a machine is not performing correctly by the sound it emits, while the operation of the same machine can distort an important verbal communication. Excessive decibel levels may be generated at different times threatening the psychological and physiological well-being of teachers and students (Brown, 1979; Hicks, 1973; Swogger, 1973).

Reduction of …

Abstracts, 91st Session [Iowa Academy Of Science], April 20-21, 1979, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Presentation abstracts from the annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 20-21, 1979 [Program, 91st Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

Warning - Strong Oxidant!, Howard Lyon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Even the most casual survey of the uses of hydrogen peroxide would demonstrate that it is considered to be one of the safest oxidizing reagents available. Hundreds of useful commercial applications employ dilute H₂0₂ - water mixtures for bleaches, bubbling agents, mild cleansers and other gentle oxidation processes. The use of hydrogen peroxide in the teaching laboratory is recommended as far safer than the use of the pennanganates, nitrates, dichromates, chlorates and perchlorates which might otherwise be employed. The 3% solution is used to clean open cuts or employed as mouthwash. Analytical laboratories, employing higher concentrations, would …

Decapods Of Iowa (Part Ii), Gary Phillips

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Since the classic work of T.H. Huxley in 1880 on The Crayfish, decapods have been widely used in teaching elementary zoology, as well as for research along more advanced lines. Traditionally decapods have been used to demonstrate various characteristics typical of arthropods in general. Among these are the open circulatory system, ventral nervous system and segmentation.

Solar Energy Packets

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

DOE Solar energy Curriculum for Grades 7-12. This program consists of 43 solar energy activities arranged in five packets.

Geologic Field Trips

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Fossil keys, stratigraphic maps and discussion questions have been developed for specific exploration sites in Black Hawk County.

Free Films

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A catalog of free films and filmstrips on solar energy is available from the National Solar Heating and Cooling Information Center.

Tetrahymena: Cell For All Seasons, Eugene C. Bovee

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Certain protozoa have often been the cellular animals of choice for research and teaching in the past 100 years. In 1926, Asa Schaeffer (20) placed "the amoeba" at the pinnacle for animals that serve as primary research tools, along with the dog and the frog. Paramecium (one or more of its species) and Euglena (one or more of its species) are other protozoa (the latter, also an alga) well-known and oft-employed in both teaching and research. In the past 40 years, however, another protozoan has gained prominence in research, equalling - even superseding - the three mentioned above. Its generic …

Energy Films

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A digest of over 160 energy-related films has been compiled by the New York State Alliance to Save Energy.

The Literary Characteristics Of Books Popular With Fourth And Fifth Graders At Hudson Elementary School, Marilyn H. Lilja

Graduate Research Papers

The report of a study conducted in the fall of the 1978-79 school year by the elementary media specialist at Hudson, Iowa Elementary School to determine what literary characteristics were found in books which were currently popular with the Hudson fourth and fifth grade students. The literature reviewed discussed the criteria of literary quality developed by other authors. A set of ten criteria with which to judge literary quality was developed by the researcher. A survey was taken to determine the fifteen most popular books among these students. The books were then read by the researcher and evaluated in terms …

1979 Old Gold, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the University of Northern Iowa.

Iowa Journal Of Speech Communication, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 1979 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

No abstract provided.

Short Orders--This Time, Tidbits, G. A. P.

Black and White

No abstract provided.

Police, Robley Wilson

Black and White

No abstract provided.

Birds Of Some Iowa Wetlands In Relation To Concepts Of Faunal Preservation, Mitlon W. Weller

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Forty-one species of birds nested in the prairie-wetlands complex of Dewey's Pasture during the period 1962 to 1974. Numbers of pairs and nests were recorded annually for the ducks and other waterbirds that dominated the avifauna, but observations on terrestrial species were less detailed and only frequency of occurrence data are presented. These data on bird use of a relict pothole area demonstrate the dynamics of bird populations in relation to habitat conditions. Abundance and diversity of waterbirds were positively correlated with increasing water depth. Problems of conserving typical avifaunas in small wetlands units surrounded by intensive agriculture are discussed …

The Fiction Reading Interests Of Academically Gifted Seventh-, Eighth-, And Ninth-Grad Students At Holmes Junior High School, Donna Bush

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper was to discover the following concerning gifted seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade students: preferred categories of fiction, factors which influence fiction reading choices, and the amount of time devoted to reading. The professional literature reviewed helped in making predictions for the outcome of this study and in developing fiction categories used in the survey instrument. A questionnaire was distributed to all gifted students and a representative number of students at each grade level not in the program for the gifted at Holmes Junior High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The questionnaire was divided into the following …

Biographical Profiles Of The Caldecott Illustrators, Patricia Bernard

Graduate Research Papers

This research study is a biographical profile of the Caldecott illustrators up to 1979. The purpose of this study was to see if commonalities existed in the backgrounds of those illustrators chosen to receive the Caldecott award.