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Something Fishy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

There are 40 million fishing licenses sold annually in the United States and only 2 million marriage licenses.

Environmental Simulations

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Five computer simulation units dealing with increasingly important environmental issues are now available as guides for students and teachers.

Honors To Iowans

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Several Iowans are listed in the 37th Annual Science Talent Search for the Westinghouse Science Scholarships and Awards for 1978: James Paul Mitchell; Harry Georson Coin; Bruce Brocka; Linda Mary Bernes; Lance Gordon Johnson.

Pcb's, Erwin Richter

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, is a general name applied to compounds consisting of two benzene rings joined together, with several to all of the remaining hydrogen atoms substituted with chlorine. Because of this, formulations of PCB's vary in the percentage of chlorine with the sample taken.

A Chemistry Tip

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In the CHEMS laboratory reaction of hydrochloric acid with Mg ribbon, addition of some food coloring to the acid solution makes gas volume easier to read.

New Nsta Publications

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Teachers Association announces the publication of POPULATION: The Human Dilemma, the third in the series of NSTA Materials Guides.

Thoughts On Philosophy And Science Curriculum, Marlow Ediger

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Before making curricular decisions, science educators should study diverse schools of philosophy, explore their implications and adopt that philosophy which best meets the needs of the students and community for which the curriculum is designed. The curriculum developed should provide the understanding, skills and attitudes necessary to fulfill the philosophical goals selected. In this paper, four schools of philosophy are explored and their implications to science education are discussed. In all cases, the curriculum designed should promote the recommended principles of the psychology of teaching and learning. Each philosophy proposed assumes an active rather than passive involvement of students.

Equipment For Schools

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A new association to match discarded industrial equipment with schools that can use it has been set up.

School Library Programs And Materials For Special Education Teachers And Students, Audrey Cammack

Graduate Research Papers

The primary purpose of this study was to gather information about programs and materials provided for special education teachers and students in public elementary schools in Iowa.

Creation, Evolution And Public Education, Jack Gerlovich

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In Iowa and other states, "creationism" has recently been advanced as an alternative to the theory of evolution. Attempts have been made to mandate legislatively "equal time" for creationist concepts in science classrooms, materials and textbooks.

1978 Panther Paths, Northern University High School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks

The student yearbook of the Northern University High School, part of the Malcolm Price Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Catalog 1978-1980, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

Table of Contents

University Map ... 4 - 5
University Calendar ... 6 - 7
The University and Its Program ... 8
General Information ... 11
Student Housing ... 11
Student Services ... 13
Student Financial Aid ... 16
Student Activities and Honors ... 19
University Facilities and Educational Services ... 22
University Policies ... 36
Admission Procedures ... 36
Transfer Students ... 39
Resident-Nonresident Student Classification ... 42
Requirements for Graduation ... 44
Teaching Certificates ... 46
Enrollment and Registration ... 47
Fees Schedule ... 48 - 50
General Academic Policies ... 51
Curricula ... 62
Undergraduate Curricula ... …

Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Individualized Chemistry For The Gifted Student, Floyd Sturtevant, Kenneth Hartman, James Jones

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Through a Teacher Incentive Award from the Iowa Department of Public Instruction, the honors chemistry course of Ames Senior High School has been converted into a packet form. The packets are flexible enough so the gifted chemistry student may be integrated into the chemistry B sections or the packets may be used for a separate honors chemistry class. The flexible sequencing allows the same topics to be studied concurrently with the chemistry B students.

Module On Energy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Energy and Society: Investigations in Decision Making is a nine-week instructional unit designed for high school, college, or adult students, which was developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study.

Consumption Of Foods With Additives And Other Chemicals: Polychemical Use Or Abuse?, Charles A. Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The problem of providing an adequate food supply to feed the world's hungry is and has been a major concern among many scientists, politicians and other leaders representing many sectors of American society. As a result of such concern, every conceivable avenue is now being explored to find new ways whereby new crops and foodstuffs can be raised or developed to meet the world's demand. In Geneva, Switzerland in 1975, some members of the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that "the continuing.increases in the world population without a comparable increase in the available amount of conventional foodstuffs must stimulate further …

Starting A Science Center?

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Starting a Science Center? is a 34-page booklet prepared for the Association of Science-Technology Centers by Victor J. Danilov, director of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Why Clean Up Water

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Forty percent of the United States Water supply is, in part, drawn from water that has been used for industrial or domestic purposes.

The 1978 Outstanding Teacher Award, James Hungerford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Science Teachers Section has selected Dr. Delma Harding of Iowa State University as its recipient of the 1978 Outstanding Service Award.

Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Editorial Staff ; Officers & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section; Advisory & Technical Review Boards

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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The Endangered And Uncommon Amphibians And Reptiles Of Iowa - Snakes, James L. Christiansen, Russell R. Burken

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa has 23 amphibian and reptilian species whose known populations or ranges within the state are so small as to justify their inclusion in the state's endangered or threatened list (Roosa, 1977). This paper is intended to inform the Iowa scientific teaching community of the plight of these species and to recruit help in gathering information relative to their distribution. Most of the information presented here has been accumulated by Christiansen and Bailey (manuscripts in preparation or in press) in their work on the amphibians and reptiles of Iowa.

Free Publications

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

These publications, ideal for students in grades 4-10, are free to teachers.

Annual Report Of The Iowa Academy Of Science 1977-78, Robert W. Hanson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The completion of the 100-year history of the Academy in the fall of 1974 led to the current practice of writing a running history on a year-to-year basis, in the form of the Annual Report. The Board of Directors decided in the fall of 197 5 to publish the Annual Report in the PROCEEDINGS. Recent committee reports and Board minutes, from which most of this report derives, are on file in the Academy office. Records older than 1975 are in the Special Collections section of the Iowa State University Library, constituting the official archives of the Academy.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Instructional Role Of The Media Specialist, Patricia S. Adams

Graduate Research Papers

A study was made to investigate the number of elementary school media specialists part1e1pat1n.g 1n the instructional program. Additional problems of the study were to further investigate what instructional tasks were performed and what values were assigned to the instructional tasks in a total media program.

A survey instrument was distributed to one hundred fifteen Iowa elementary school media specialists in April, 1975. The instrument was used to assess the following, (1) if the recipient was an elementary media specialist employed full time in one attendance center; (2) if the recipient participated with the teaching staff in planning, designing, implementing, …

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

A Philosophical Approach To The History Of Microbiology, James Slock

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In a previous article, science and how science operates was discussed from a philosophical point of view. In this article, the history of the Germ Theory of Disease (and hence a large part of the history of microbiology) is discussed from the philosophical perspective presented in the first article. The history presented in this article is not intended to be definitive but rather to view the history of the Germ Theory of Disease from a different perspective.

Resource Survey For Handicapped Students

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A comprehensive survey of resources in the teaching of science to physically handicapped elementary and secondary level students is being undertaken by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Project on the Handicapped in Science.

Teaching Both Brains, Roy Unruh

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In the advanced vertebrates, including man, the two large hemispheres of the cerebrum of the brain serve as centers of perception, of voluntary motion, and of the higher mental faculties such as thought and memory. The two hemispheres are connected by several bands of nerve tissue the major tissue being the corpus callosum. The two hemispheres control the motor and sensory responses of the opposite sides of the body. Some hemispheric differences in function were reported as early as 1861 when Dr. Paul Broca observed that patients with lesions on their left cerebral hemispheres were more likely to suffer loss …

Metric Conversions, Linda B. Holm

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

After considering several approaches to the problem of teaching metric conversions, I developed an approach of my own which seems easy for students to work with and understand.