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Abstracts Of Papers Scheduled For Presentation At The 86th Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 19-20, 1974, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

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

Integrating Ecology Into The Industrial Arts Curriculum, Howard L. Craven

Graduate Research Papers

The problem was to determine how a junior high industrial arts instructor can teach about conservation and pollution without major changes in the present curriculum or without major cost.

School Tours At The Des Moines Center Of Science And Industry, Linda Garten

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As every teacher knows, some of the best learning experiences take place outside the classroom. This may be especially true when you take your class on a field trip to the Des Moines Center of Science and Industry, where a program has been planned especially for school groups. Science Center school tours provide a motivational experience which stimulates interest in science and technology through participation.

Chemistry Newsletter, Frederick Duke

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

We promised a newsletter - here it is. We include a description of how we operate, what books we use, and how we arrange our laboratories and the like, along with some opinions we have.

Collegiate Programs For Secondary Students: Meeting The Needs Of The Talented, Edward L. Pizzini, Charles Philp

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The concept "meeting the needs of the individual student" has been paid lip service for years within educational circles. Whether this has in fact been carried out to any appreciable extent is still open to question. Since the inception of the Secondary Science Training Programs (SSTP) by the National Science Foundation in 1959, hundreds of colleges and universities have sponsored special science programs for high-ability students. However, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare stated in November, 1973, that fewer than four percent of this country's talented secondary students were being exposed to programs commensurate with their needs (Williams, 1973). …

Eastern Iowa Science Fair - Cedar Rapids

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

We of the Eastern Iowa Science Fair Board invite you to participate in the 1974 Science Fair. The dates of this year's fair are April 6 and 7.

The Dead River

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Dead River is a simulation game of river restoration, specifically designed for classroom and for community action groups.

Sans GêNe, V2, 1973-1974, University Of Northern Iowa

sans gêne

Sans Gêne (v.2, 1973-1974) is an entertainment magazine written and created by students at the University of Northern Iowa.

A New Species Of Licea (Myxomycetes), Meredith Blackwell

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

A new protoplasmodial species of the genus Licea is reported from dung of herbivorous animals. It is differentiated from all other species in the genus except one by a smooth shiny black peridium; from L. fimicola Dearness and Bisby it differs by sporangial shape and spore characters.

Sexism And The Newberry Medal, Jean Clingman Huckleberry

Graduate Research Papers

It is time now to think, time to become conscious and to delve into a sample of Newbery winners. Four Newbery books were chosen for this study in an effort to compare the earlier winners, when sexism was not such a popular issue, with two current winners to discern whether a change had taken place, if indeed a change was necessary. The two older books are Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs, the 1934 winner, and Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright, the 1939 winner. The 1930's was chosen because it was a decade in which every Newbery book was written by …

Sports, Sexism, And The Media Specialist, Kathleen Marie Mccrea

Graduate Research Papers

The media specialist who is aware of social change is undoubtedly aware that today sexism pervades most institutions of American society. The discriminatory practices-accorded women and men in jobs, in the churches, in the homes, and in the schools have been well-documented. Living one's life on the basis of one's sex, once traditional, is no longer accepted as the way living must be. American legislative bodies have resultingly passed federal and state laws and have proposed the Equal Rights Amendment--all of which would ban discrimination on the basis of sex in specific and general circumstances.

The Crinoid Genus Sygcaulocrinus From Iowa, Harrell L. Strimple

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Attention is called to the synonomy of Ectenocrinus elongatus Thomas and Ladd, 1926, with Sygcaulocrinus typus Ulrich, 1924, both from the Ft. Atkinson Member, Maquoketa Formation (Ordovician), and to the probable bottom dwelling habitat of the species. Comparison is made with some Upper Paleozoic crinoids which are known to have been bottom dwellers. An accident in preparation of a specimen disclosed the solid base of the cup and the solid summit of the proximal columnal, both of which are illustrated.

Forest Communities In Woodman Hollow State Preserve, Iowa, David A. Niemann, Roger Q. Landers Jr.

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The vegetation of this relatively undisturbed forest in central Iowa was sampled by a transect across a stream valley to determine species presence. The presence data were used in delineation of communities and in a computer ordination of the vegetation. Analysis revealed four distinct groupings, or communities, in the preserve: oak-hickory, prairie opening, floodplain and north-facing slope. The communities and their boundaries, determined through comparisons of species distribution diagrams, were also identified in the continuum of plots arrived at by an ordination technique. The communities showed a strong relationship to the topography of the preserve. Species composition of the communities …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Reading Ability And Reading Interests Among Seventh Grade Students, Mary Jo Anne Rauch

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between a seventh grade child's reading level and his reading interests.

Ssma Convention To Be Held In Cincinnati In November

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The School Science and Mathematics Association will hold its 1974 national convention in the Netherland Hilton Hotel in Cincinnati on November 7, 8, and 9.

Limnological Features Of Some Northwestern Iowa Lakes, John R. Jones, Roger W. Bachmann

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Quantitative information on the morphology, watershed characteristics, water transparency, water chemistry and algal crops of six Iowa lakes is summarized. Lake West Okoboji had less oxygen present in the hypolimnion in 1950-1973 than in 1919-1928, indicating an increase in eutrophication. On the basis of increasing plant-nutrient concentrations, increasing summer algal standing crops and decreasing water transparency, the lakes can be ranked thus: Lake West Okoboji, Big Spirit Lake, Lake East Okoboji (including Upper Gar and Minnewashta) and Lower Gar Lake. These differences among lakes are related to the ratio of watershed area to lake volume, which controls the impact of …

Radiative Heat Loss From Skin To Cold Glass Windows, L. K. Lassahn, G. E. Folk Jr., C. H. Seberg

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Today institutional rooms of many types have single large glass window panes measuring as large as 3.0 meters by 2.5 meters; animal colonies are maintained near these windows in winter, office workers sit by them and thinly clad patients on littercarts are placed beside them. Even though both local air and wall temperature may be 22°C, human subjects beside the windows in winter feel cold because body heat is radiated to the glass which acts as a heat sink. An experiment was conducted during two Iowa winters with measurements of temperatures of outside air, room, wall, undraped glass window, drape-covered …

A Plan For Implementing Educational Television In The Seventh Grade Language Arts Program Anson Junior High, Marshalltown, Iowa, Clarence Miller

Graduate Research Papers

This study was designed to determine a basic plan for the implementation of Educational Television (ETV) in the seventh grade Language-Arts program at Anson Junior High, Marshalltown, Iowa. Research was focussed on those secondary schools where ETV had been utilized for at least one year. The intention was to investigate those schools that were similar to Anson Junior High since their experiences with ETV would seem most practical.

Treatment Of The American Indian In Eight Junior Novels, Linda Ann Carlsen

Graduate Research Papers

American Indians have had to struggle for more than their physical survival. It is not only land that has been appropriated; it has been a fight to keep mind and soul together, for along with the United States Cavalry, missionaries, educators and the "Americanizers", have come the writers of books about Indians.

Public Library Service For The Preschool Child, Betty Bergman

Graduate Research Papers

Story telling is considered one of the oldest arts, but the preschool story hour for three to five year olds is relatively new in library work. Research indicates the first story hours for pre­schoolers began in the public library in the late 1930's and the early 1940's. Only very recently, is there evidence of public library service beyond the traditional print-oriented preschool story hour for the preschool child. For example, such federally funded experimental projects as the one developed and implemented by Erie Public Library, Erie, Pennsylvania in 1972 entitled "Media Library for Preschoolers" and the San Francisco Public Library's …

My State Of The Union Speech, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

The typescript of a talk given by James Hearst sometime in the mid-1970s.

Occurrence Of A Ctenacanthoid Shark Spine From The Upper Devonian Of North Central Iowa, Markes E. Johnson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Although a diverse, invertebrate fauna is characteristic of the Upper Devonian, Lime Creek Formation, in north central Iowa, fossil fish remains are sparse. A detached and incomplete shark spine with ctenacanthoid features is reported and described. The specimen is the best example of the first occurrences of its kind from Devonian of Iowa. Despite some asymmetry in shape, the spine is interpreted as the cutwater of a dorsal fin. Overall length of the shark is estimated at l-l.5m.

Student Originated Studies: An Environmental Inventory For Urban Planning And Development., University Of Northern Iowa

History of Education Book Gallery

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Reading Interests Of Upper Elementary Students To The Collection At Berg Elementary Instructional Resource Center, Marsha Ketelsen

Graduate Research Papers

The primary purpose of this research paper was to show the reading interests of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students at Berg Elementary School in Newton, Iowa. The second purpose was then to compare their interests to the book and media collection found in the Instructional Resource Center. To develop these two purposes, the researcher set up seven objectives to be used as guides for this reading interest study.

1. To survey the reading interests of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students at Berg Elementary School.

2, To divide the results of this survey into grade level reports. The survey …

Paperback Books In America, Molly S. Britton

Graduate Research Papers

One of the facts of life for a librarian today is the paperback book. As Walter H. Kaiser stated: . . . Paperback books are rapidly assuming a greater importance in public, school and academic libraries because of their uniqueness, quality and low cost. These inherent qualities are finally creating irresistable pressures on librarians to come to terms with this revolution in publishing •••• 1 He also discusses the "need for libraries to be in tune with new trends in publishing and to respond appropriately to the exciting 2 challenge which paperbacks have presented to the profession." So it seems …

University Catalog 1974-1976, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

Table of Contents

University Calendar ... 4-7
University Map ... 8-9
The University and Its Program ... 10
General Information ... 13
Student Housing ... 13
Student Services ... 15
Student Financial Aid ... 17
Student Activities and Honors ... 21
University Facilities and Educational Services ... 24
University Policies ... 37
Admission Procedures ... 37
Transfer Students ... 40
Resident-Nonresident Student Classification ... 43
Requirements for Graduation ... 45
Teaching Certificates ... 47
Enrollment and Registration ... 48
Fees Schedule ... 50
General Academic Policies ... 51
Curricula ... 62
Undergraduate Curricula ... 63
Graduate Curricula ... 66
General …

Bring The Real World Into Your Classroom, Vincent Lunetta

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Do your students enjoy working with practical problems that are "real" in their world? Have you been searching for resource materials which will encourage students to deal with practical problems in their own community? Fortunately, such materials are currently under development by the USMES project (Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools). USMES is producing interdisciplinary materials designed to stimulate students to explore relevant issues in the social as well as the natural sciences.

Field Trips And Pond Water Studies, Richard Pope

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

One of the activities that the students enjoy a great deal is the study of pond water, both before and after our trip. To the student whose curiosity is stirred by the study of nature, the pond offers an unusual and interesting experience.

An Experimental Study Of The "Doctor Fox Effect", John E. Ware, Reed G. Williams

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Colleges and universities are employing student evaluations of faculty with increasing frequency. On some campuses, the forms are used at the instructor's option and serve primarily as a source of feedback for faculty development purposes. Others require student evaluation of instruction and publish the results in academic "consumer's guides." Still others consider student evaluations of instruction in making decisions with regard to faculty salary increases, retention, tenure and promotion. The optional use of student ratings in order to improve instruction often evolves to the mandatory consideration of student rating data in making decisions about faculty retention, promotion and tenure. As …

Piaget And Science Teaching, Frederick P. De Luca

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Piaget's life is as interesting as his theory of intellectual development He was born in France in 1896, published his first article at the age of 11, completed his Ph.D. degree in biology at the age of 21, and subsequently devoted his efforts to study, research and teaching in the psychology of intellectual development. Initially he was interested in exploring the idea that intellectual development resulted from adaptation of the individual to his environment, a concept involving a combination of biology and psychology. As his research progressed, however, he found it necessary to incorporate ideas from the disciplines of formal …