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Project Assist Regional Coordinators

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Twenty-four science educators representing seventeen regional centers throughout the state have been identified as Regional Coordinators for Project ASSIST. In addition, one educator, who is presently a member of the Instructional Resource Team (IRT) in the Iowa City Community School District, will be involved as well. The names and addresses of these coordinators are as follows.

School-Community Environmental Improvement Project: A Model For Implementing Change, Charles L. Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Historically, schools have been passive in their roles in helping to facilitate change hence improvement in society. This is a paradox when we consider that schools, and the communities they serve, need major visions.

Duluth Scientific Incorporated Grant

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A grant of $2,825 to the University of Wisconsin-Superior for support of a 1973 summer session Physics Project in Digital Electronics has been announced by Jack W. Sheriff, President of Duluth Scientific, Incorporated.

1973 Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Nature trail planning outdoor laboratory use, field trips, and study of man's management of his resources and environment will be part of the program for this year's Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp.

Eleventh Annual Iowa Junior Science, Engineering Humanities Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

About 300 high school science students and forty science teachers gathered in Iowa City for the Eleventh Annual Iowa Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium held in conjunction with the Annual Iowa Junior Academy of Science State Meeting. The three-day symposium was entitled, “Mankind, Science, and Tomorrow."

Organizational Meeting For The Proposed Iowa College Biology Teachers Association

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A meeting involving all college biology teachers throughout the State of Iowa will take place during the Iowa Academy of Science meeting to be held April 27-28 at Grinnell College. The primary aim of this particular meeting will be to discuss plans for formulating a statewide College Biology Teachers' Association.

Project Assist: Recent Happenings

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As the coordinators from the sixteen Project ASSIST centers prepare for their first formal meeting in Des Moines, February 25 and 26, it may be appropriate to consider the parameters for this pilot year. There are five areas of activity - each headed by a state coordinator --, working with a regional coordinator and associated staff in the sixteen centers.

Calendar Events For Project Assist

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Project ASSIST, a statewide improvement concept for Iowa, is in operation. Several have made inquiries concerning the chronology of past events and the goals for the immediate future. The following outline is offered as a response to such inquiries and for the general information of others interested in science education in Iowa.

Computer Science Fair For High School Students

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

High school students - including June, 1973 graduates - principally in but not restricted to the Greater New York area, are invited to submit projects for possible exhibition at the first national conference of those American professional societies that are strongly involved with computing.

Happening This Summer

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chemistry (IAC) Summer Happening is scheduled to begin again June 25th.

Set Eastern Iowa Science Fair

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Robert Ernst, member of the Kirkwood Community College science faculty and chairman of the project, has announced the 1973 Eastern Iowa Science Fair will be held March 31 and April 1 in Washington High School in Cedar Rapids.

Student Evaluation And Environmental Studies Meeting

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Prairie College Community, Joint County (Area X), Linn County Area Science Educators, and the Iowa Science Teachers Section of the Iowa Academy of Science are co-sponsoring a meeting concerning student evaluation and environmental studies.

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

The Decline Of Natural Resources And The Decline Of Reason: A Model For Thought Provocation, Charles L. Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Contrasting two basic premises, that of natural resources and their decline and Abraham Maslow's concept of human needs, man is perhaps destined to the fate of becoming less than what might be considered a rational man.

Interdisciplinary Environmental Education Program For Teachers, James E. Murphy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Environmental education offers a unique opportunity for innovative teaching because no one is around to say, "But, I always did it this way." Thus new environmental programs do not have to overcome the educational inertia of tradition which has stopped many new instructional movements dead in their tracks.

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Environmental Education: No Passing Fad, Frederick P. Deluca

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Environmental education has received increased attention during the past four years. Most of the fifty states have formulated or are in the process of formulating a state plan for environmental education. Elementary and secondary school curricula continue to reflect increased concern and activity in environmental education. Higher education has responded with modification of traditional courses, design and implementation of new courses, and at some institutions, new degree programs in environmental studies. Interest has not been restricted to the physical and biological sciences; people in social sciences and humanities on all levels have participated and in many instances have been at …

An Association Position Statement On Programs And Budgets Of The National Science Foundation Division Of The Pre-College Education In Science, Michael R. Lerner

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This document is a position statement, together with recommendations, from the National Science Teachers Association relative to educational programs and budgets of the National Science Foundation, particularly at pre-college levels. It is the result of noting with great concern what seems to us to be a serious, threatening decrease in financial support for such educational programs over the past three years, coupled with our firm belief that more and better science education -- not less, either in quantity or quality -- is an imperative for all children and youth in these days of growing concern about societal problems and national …

1973 Panther, 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.

Sstp Florida Ecology Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Florida Ecology Program is a two-week outdoor program concerned with utilizing the unique environmental setting of Florida as a "living laboratory" for field studies in ecology, marine geology and biology, ornithology, and various environmental problems.

Successful Rapport Sessions, James J. Hungerford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When the purpose of the "rap" session is not understood there may be considerable waste of time. Often changes occur, but advance questions for student thought are important for success of a session.

New Executive Director Of Nsta Named

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

President of the National Science Teachers Association, Elaine W. Ledbetter, announced the appointment of Robert L. Silber as executive director designate of NSTA at the 1973 NSTA Annual Convention in Detroit in March. He will succeed NSTA Executive Secretary Robert H. Carleton.

Istj Calendar

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A calendar of events related to science education.

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Profile: Dave Kanellis, Charles Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Dave Kanellis, a teacher of social studies and environmental studies at West High School in Iowa City, is what one might consider a teacher's teacher. Although Dave was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, he has acquired many of the characteristics of a midwesterner, one of which is a down-to-earth approach with people. This characteristic is displayed in many ways in the classroom as well.

Two New Titles Added To List Of Free Teaching Aids

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As a part of Project ASSIST the Science Education Center at the University of Iowa is now making a number of printed teaching aids available to science teachers. They consist of short articles by the staff which outline procedures and instructional strategies that are ready for classroom use.

Isu Science Teachers' Short Course

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The annual Science Teachers' Short Course will be held at Iowa State University, March 2 and 3, 1973. The Short Course is intended for secondary school science and mathematics teachers and is primarily concerned with current frontiers in science and the promotion of ideas and activities that hold high potential for use in the secondary school.

Notes From The Department Of Public Instruction

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Gary Downs, State Science Consultant, attended the annual State Science Supervisors convention at Las Vegas on January 25-30, 1973.

Mr. Duane Toomsen has been employed by the Department of Public Instruction to serve as Environmental Education Consultant.

University Of Northern Iowa Fact Book, 1973-1974, University Of Northern Iowa

University of Northern Iowa Fact Book

Contents:

--Type of Institution
--Accreditation
--Location and Size of Campus
--Athletic and Physical Education Facilities --President
--Fall Enrollment Through the Years
--Number of Buildings
--Appropriations
--Valuation of Instructional Equipment
--Tuition and Fees
--Board and Room
--Administrative Organization
--University Employees
--Number of Graduates
--Officers of Administrative Divisions
--Officers of Academic Divisions
--Types of Education Offered
--Special Services
--Instructional Buildings
--Administrative & Plant Facilities
--Student Housing and Food Services
--Married Student Housing
--Miscellaneous & Other Buildings
--Index

A Survey Of The Reading Habits, Library Usage, Subject Preferences, And Achievement Test Scores Of The Ninth And Eleventh Graders In The Colo Community School, Arleyne M. Gildersleeve

Graduate Research Papers

This study is a survey of the library o£ the Colo Junior-Senior High School, Colo, Iowa, during the 1972-1973 school year. It is limited to a strictly local situation, and the information secured and analyzed will be used primarily as a guide in planning future library programs in this particular situation. No attempt was made to do a statistical analysis or correlation. Rather. the conclusions show general trends and areas of weakness and strength. Faults are apparent in the questionnaire, and as always, student responses may or may not be conscientiously given. However, it is hoped that the paper will …