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Uni Schedule Of Classes, Spring 1976, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

The Alumnus, V61n1, February 1976, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

The Alumnus

Inside This Issue:

-- Heart Patients Walk-Run to Recovery
-- Industrial Technology Center
-- UNI-Dome Program Committee Selected
-- Lakeside Laboratory Featured
-- Weathering the Elements at ISTC
-- Football Team of '28 Honored
-- We Hear From Alumni

Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Citizen's Workshop On Energy And Environment

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The University of Northern Iowa Chemistry Department will be conducting a series of Citizens' Workshops on Energy & Environment in Iowa during the coming academic year.

Holography: Capturing The Third Dimension, Michael Timmons

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Holography, the three-dimensional recording of interference patterns on film has unlimited possibilities in the fields of science, art, technology, and media. Three types of holograms, the "flat" or plane, circular, and white light, are presently being produced successfully and inexpensively in the high school situation. The novelty of holography arouses curiosity while allowing the student to experience the application of interference phenomenon.

The Foreign Exchange

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Teachers Association is attempting to locate persons in the United States who are interested in corresponding with science teachers in other countries and/or hosting a foreign student or visiting educator.

Nsta To Assist Local Drive-In Conferences

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Individual NSTA members, chapters, and associated groups interested in sponsoring local or drive-in conferences are invited to write in for application forms.

Mnemonics, Mike Williams

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

You can help students remember and keep in order the levels of biological classification by using the following old Dial soap commercial.

A Snow Job, Elwood Garlock

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Have students measure the temperature of a snow drift at three different levels.

Eastern Iowa Science Fair

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair will be held March 26 and 27, 1977.

Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Iowa's P.A.S.T. (Programming Archeology For School Teachers)

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Endowment for Humanities has recently granted the Office of the Iowa State Archeologist funds for developing archeological learning materials for the youth of Iowa at the fifth grade level. Dr. D. C. Anderson, the State Archeologist has just released the following description of the project.

Amoebas That Can "Blow Your Mind", Eugene C. Bovee

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Until the mid-1950's it was assumed by biologists and physicians that the only amoeba that endangered human comfort is the one that infects the digestive tract, causing amoebic dysentery in the susceptible and unwary tourist exposed to its more virulent varieties. Although that one, known to biologists as Entamoeba histolytica, sometimes escapes to the other parts of the body to cause sores and disturbances, it rarely causes death of its host, being a generally "well-behaved" parasite.

In This Corner: Career Education, Steven K. Halstead

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Often science educators feel that career education belongs in the Industrial Arts or Vocational Agriculture or Home Economics classroom but not in the Science classroom. Since Sputnik, science educators have been selling their course offerings by talking about the vast technological society in which we live and how the job market needs scientifically literate workers. Too often, however, these same educators view career education only as the production of pre-professional scientists. They seem not to include nurses, laboratory technicians and other applied fields in science vocations.

Behavior Molding, Leon Eisenberg

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The planets will move as they always have whether we adopt a geocentric or heliocentric view of the heavens . . . but, the behavior of man is not independent of the theories of human behavior that men adopt.

Congratulations!

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Editorial Board of the Iowa Science Teachers Journal wishes to congratulate the six Iowa science educators recognized by the Iowa Academy of Science for their excellence in science teaching: Sandra Waltz (Norwalk); Elwood Garlock (Cedar Rapids); Stanley Whelchel (Waterloo); George Davis (Reinbeck); Gary Jensen (Roland); Glendon Peterson (Le Mars).

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

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Keeping Up With The Sun, David R. Duncan, Bonnie H. Litwiller

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

While flying from Minneapolis to a convention on the west coast we observed that it was becoming dark outside even though we took off in daylight and were flying west toward the sun. We asked ourselves the question, "How fast should we be flying to 'keep up with the sun'?"

Third Northeast Iowa Science And Engineering Fair

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Upper Iowa College will be host to the Northeast Iowa Science and Engineering Fair on March 26th and 27th.

In Defense Of Ambiguity, Eugene C. Bovee

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

If I recall correctly, one of the first adjectives I learned as a freshman in college was ambiguous. I do not remember looking it up in any dictionary when I learned it after the first mid-term tests. It was then enough for me to learn that if a professor's test-questions were deemed "ambiguous," I could excuse my failure to answer test-questions accurately and blame the professor for having hidden from me what I should have learned and understood. In my years since, as a professor, I find that the freshmen and upper classmen and even graduate students are still sophomoric …

Lecture Versus Discussion In The Study Of Sophomore Library Skills, Sandri F. Gehrke

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine which method of instruction--the lecture or the small group discussion--would achieve the best learning results as far as knowledge of certain unfamiliar materials was concerned.

Specifically, the author of this research study tried to answer this questions When an instructor is teaching "selected" reference books to average-ability sophomores in an English 10 library skills unit at Fort Dodge Senior High School, Fort Dodge, Iowa, which method of instruction--the lecture or the small group discussion--will achieve the best learning results as measured by an author- constructed post-test?

In this research study the author …

How Much Do You Eat?, F. E. Deatherage

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Per capita consumption in the United States of selected foods and the number of organisms required annually to supply these foods.

Iowa Science Teachers Fall Conference, Marshalltown Community College, November 11, 1976

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa Science Teachers Fall Conference, Marshalltown Community College, November 11, 1976.

Quickies

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Joe Moore of the ISTJ Reviewing Board and Science Consultant for the Muscatine-Scott County School System has suggested that the ISTJ devote a portion of the journal to brief notes concerning ideas that facilitate classroom science instruction. We will give the suggestion a try.

What Good Is An Old Spear Point?, Duane C. Anderson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Not long ago I came in contact with a young learner named Kelly who was fascinated by Indian artifacts. He had amassed a sizable collection and wanted to find out more about his discoveries--things like how old the items were, what they were used for, and by whom. These and other questions need to be answered, not just for Kelly, but for people of all ages who live in Iowa, for we all have a right to a knowledge of the past.

How To Recover Microfossils From Common Iowa Rocks, Wayne I. Anderson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The rocks of Iowa contain a great abundance and variety of fossils. Megafossils, those fossils of sufficient size to be seen with the unaided eye, are abundant in many Iowa quarries and roadcuts and are therefore common in most fossil collections of Iowa teachers and students. Unknown to many, however, is the fact that the abundance and diversity of fossils in the microscopic range is equally great. This article describes techniques by which microfossils can be recovered from sedimentary rocks, illustrates and describes some common microfossils and suggest some localities for collecting samples of microfossils.

Scientific Bulb Snatching, V. G. Devonald

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The subject of plant morphology is frequently considered a boring topic by both teacher and pupil, and consequently given a somewhat inadequate treatment. Several reasons can be adduced for this unfortunate neglect of a field of knowledge which is, in fact, particularly suitable for intensive study in schools. An unnecessary restriction of teaching types (e.g., broad bean, crocus, sweet pea, etc.) may evoke bored familiarity, or the subject may be given such a superficial treatment that no morphological analysis is achieved and interest is not aroused. Often, a grossly teleological approach is adopted in teaching morphology and many unproven assumptions …

Kites, Sondra Waltz

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When the first March winds begin to blow, few can resist the thought of kites soaring high in the sky. Why not join students in this interest and help them learn about aerodynamics, the history of flight, the history of kites, and how and why kites fly?

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

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Science Foundations: A Science Program For The Non-Science Major, James A. Shymansky

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Science Foundations program at the University of Iowa consists of a sequence of general science courses designed specifically for the non-science student. The program is unique both in course content and instructional strategy. Recognizing that student backgrounds and needs differ greatly between the science and non-science major, the Foundations program is offered as an alternative to the traditional lecture-based science courses. Whereas the lecture-based courses emphasize the recall and application of factual material, Science Foundations stresses problem- solving strategies based on laboratory experience. Consequently, practically all of a student's time is devoted to "hands-on" activity with problems in the …