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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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The Social Behavior Of Undergraduate Music Majors - Are They Socially Different?, Dawn Michelle White

Graduate Research Papers

This study will examine two concerns relating to the social patterns of undergraduate music majors at the University of Northern Iowa. The first concern is whether or not undergraduate music majors have different patterns of social interaction and behavior when compared to their non-music major counterparts. In this, the researcher is interested in the truthfulness of many stereotypes that have been placed upon undergraduate music majors by their peers in terms of their so called "unusual" day-to-day activities. Are they quite different at the University of Northern Iowa? The second concern is interested in the inward feeling expressed by music …

Elementary Physics Applied To Automobile Fuel Economy, Franklin D. Trumpy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Science educators, especially physics teachers, are frequently confronted with stories about devices and carburetors that permit ordinary cars to get spectacular fuel economy. The claims often exceed 46 kilometers per liter (110 mpg). By applying basic physics as taught at the high school or college freshman level, one can measure the average power output of an automobile at any speed and calculate the maximum possible fuel economy that can be expected.

Consultation

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Academy of Science has set up a Panel of scientists charged with helping communities, parent groups, school boards, administrators, supervisors, and teachers deal with issues arising from science-related controversies, including creation-evolution.

A Student Milieu Evaluation Wartburg College, 1981-82, John Douglas Kirchner

Graduate Research Papers

Traditionally, colleges and universities have set up and changed institutional curriculum, policies, services, and physical spaces in an effort to aid in the education of their students. This educational effort unfortunately was often misguided, since it was rarely done on the basis of a systematic survey of student need. Students who did not adjust to the campus environment were either referred to a service to help them make the necessary adjustment or eased out of school.

Limax Amebae In Two Swimming Pools At Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Lawrence G. Mitchell, Samuel C. Townsend, Kenneth C. Choquette

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Four types of amebae (Acanthamoeba, Hartmanella, Naegleria-like amebae, and a vannellid, probably Platyamoeba) were identified from 2 indoor swimming pools on the Iowa State University campus during January-April 1981. Large numbers of these amebae, and other protozoans and metazoans were found in a yellow-brown (mainly bacterial) floc growing on the pool bottom, in filtering systems, and in recirculation pipes. None of the amebae were found to be pathogenic in laboratory mice. Corrective pool maintenance procedures and laboratory studies of the floc and amebae are described.

Acid Rain School Twinning Project

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

National Survival Institute, a non-profit, charitable organization whose goal is to create public awareness of environmental problems and their solutions, announces the Acid Rain School Twinning Project for Grades 5 through 8.

Energy Education Begins With Teacher Education, Mike Geil, Daniel S. Sheldon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Since 1973 the price of imported crude oil has escalated from $3.00 a barrel (42 gallons) to an average of over $35 a barrel in 1981. Our national bill for imported oil in 1970 was $3 billion, whereas our current expenditure for imported oil exceeds $81 billion. Within this same time period U.S. crude oil imports more than doubled, while import costs increased twenty-seven fold. This astronomic increase in crude oil prices has helped to reduce the value of American dollars abroad and has served to exacerbate recession and inflation at home.

Aaas Resolution On Forced Teaching Of Creationist Beliefs In Public Science Education

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Be it further resolved that the AAAS urges citizens, educational authorities, and legislators to oppose the compulsory inclusion in science education curricula of beliefs that are not amenable to the process of scrutiny, testing, and revision that is indispensable to science.

1982 Old Gold, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the University of Northern Iowa.

That All Powerful Textbook In Science Teaching, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

NSF Status Studies emphasize the domination of the textbook in K-12 science classrooms in the U.S. Many lament about the power of the text and seek ways of "getting publishers to produce better ones." Are publishers really the bad guys??

Nsta Report, Robert L. Fisher

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

I recently participated in the Board of Directors' meeting of NSTA. I did not see despair, no throwing up of hands to say we have met our match. On the contrary, I saw highly optimistic individuals intent on making lemonade. You will read about these activities in future issues of your journals, but let me take a few minutes to highlight some of the meeting for you.

Games

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Many science games are created by innovative teachers to spark interest in a science lesson and may later be returned to classrooms as smartly packaged products.

The Newest Goal For Science Education, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Four years ago Helgeson and his co-workers at the ERIC/SMEAC center at Ohio State reported that the goals in science education were in a period of major transition (Helgeson, et al., 1977). Three years ago NSTA published a working paper entitled, Science Education: Accomplishments and Needs, in which new goals for the discipline were identified (NSTA, 1978). Recently the NSTA Research Committee completed a research project - one facet of which determined the degree of agreement about such major changes in goals as well as an indication of the nature of new goals (Yager, 1980).

Science Career Workshop For Physically Handicapped

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $42,640 grant for "The Physically Handicapped in Science" to the Science Education Center and the Office of Services for Handicapped at the University of Iowa.

Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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1982 University Of Northern Iowa Men's Track And Field, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Northern Iowa '82 Roster --Inside Cover
--The Panther Coaching Staff --1
--Season Outlook --2-3
--Long Sprinters, Middle Distance Runners --4-5
--Distance Runners --6-7
--Short Sprinters --8
--Pole Vaulters --9
--Weight Men --10
--Hurdlers --11
--High Jumpers, Long/ Triple Jumpers --12
--Panther All-Americans, M-CC Records --13
--UNI Team, Freshman Indoor Records --14
--UNI Team, Freshman Outdoor Records --15
--A Look at the UNI-Dome --16
--UNI-Dome Records --16
--UNI Track Running Mates --Inside Back Cover
--1982 Indoor, Outdoor Schedules --Back Cover

Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of A Job Coordinator In Reducing Recidivism At The State Training School, Sharon L. Caldwell

Graduate Research Papers

The State Training School in Eldora, Iowa, is where Iowa Juvenile Courts send their male adjudicated "delinquent" youths. There are five regular cottage units, a reception-diagnostic cottage unit and four specialized living units. The operating capacity is 238 and the average daily population for 1984 was 213 males between 13 and 17 years of age. There are two on-going programs for the students -- clinical and educational.

A Correlational Study Between Piagetian Concrete Reasoning Level And Academic Achievement, Mark Anthony Randall

Graduate Research Papers

Jean Piaget has been identified as one of the great contributors to knowledge in our time. Robinson (1952) lists him in his book, 100 Most Important People in the World Today. During his life he developed the learning theories of genetic epistemology that brought him recognition as the father of modern child psychology. During countless hours of observations performed by him personally, he developed clinical interviewing techniques to reveal the cognitive developmental level of a child. Similarly, all educators are concerned with cognitive development of the learner. The Piagetian clinical interviews glean information on the subject ability to process information …

An Annotated Bibliography Of Materials For A Secondary Level Geometry Course, Andrea Seversen

Graduate Research Papers

The contention is made that high school students experience frustrations in their pursuit of learning Euclidean geometry. Three causes of frustration are assumed: inadequate comprehension of new concepts; lack of a sense of need or usefulness of concepts presented; a lack of initial or sustaining interest in the subject. A further presumption is made that appropriate utilization of multimedia in the study of geometry will alleviate some of these frustrations.

In light of these assumptions and with substantial support for them in literature reviewed, an annotated bibliography of multimedia intended for incorporation into the study of Euclidean geometry and directed …

University Catalog 1982-1984, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

This catalog is published for students and other persons who want to know more about the University of Northern Iowa. Its purpose is to communicate as objectively and completely as possible what the university is and what it does. The catalog is presented in sections to give a general view of the university as well as the detailed information required for informed decision making.

Notes On Creationism

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In a landmark decision, federal judge Overton struck down a creation science law in Arkansas. Judge Overton concluded that creation science is "simply not science" and that no group may use the organs of government to force its religious beliefs on others.

Position Statement On The Creation/Evolution Controversy From The Iowa Council Of Science Supervisors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Because of the insistence that special creation be taught in Iowa science classes as an alternative concept to evolution, we, the Iowa Council of Science Supervisors, as representatives of the science educators in Iowa, make the following statement.

A New Age For The Universe?, Darrel Hoff

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The question of the age of the earth, the solar system, stars galaxies and the whole universe have intrigued man for a long time. The story of Bishop Ussher's use of biblical chronology in the early 1600s to date the creation at 4004 B. C. is the story of the earliest attempt to arrive at an answer to this question. The work of geologists, and physicists during the 1800s called this date into serious question. Investigations based on stratigraphy, salination of the oceans, and heat flow from a cooling earth put the age much greater than Ussher's estimate. Although these …

Comets

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

What science teacher from grades 5-9 hasn't wanted to show students that the study of science has many career opportunities for both boys and girls?

A Fable For Everyone

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This story is about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it.

How Would You Prove The Earth Is Round?, Darrell D. Young

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In this day of the Space Age, everyone knows that the earth is round. One merely has to look at a photograph taken from either the moon or an orbiting space satellite to prove the point. But suppose that you do not have a photograph handy or suppose that your viewer refuses to believe that the photo is real. Of course it is rather unlikely that the latter event would occur, but without such a visual aid how would you prove that the earth is round?

Flame Tests

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Problems associated with flame tests include, (1) sodium contamination producing an overwhelming yellow flame, (2) the transient nature of the flame and (3) the hazard of concentrated HCl. The following techniques improve flame tests.

Excellence In Science Teaching Awards

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The 1982 recipients of the Iowa Excellence in Science Teaching Awards were as follows.