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Frogs: Living Tools Of Science, Roger Volker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The lowly frog has long been the biologist's friend. As a small vertebrate available in large numbers, this amphibian has been made the high point of every biology class across the country, since the turn of the century.

News And Notes - New Members?

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

ISTA can still use more members! Have you done your job in locating one more professionally minded science teacher in Iowa?

News And Notes - Short-Course A Success

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

About 500 Iowa science teachers were involved with the ISU-ISTA Short-Course on March 6 and 7, 1964.

Review - Chemistry Problems, Floyd Sturtevant

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This is a source book for the above average chemistry student. The teacher of CHEM Study will find this an especially useful reference book.

Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Advertisements - Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Can You Live With Your Teaching Assignment?, Rex T. Morrison

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At the meeting of chemistry teachers interested in or teaching the CHEM Study course held at Roosevelt High School on December 7, 1963, concurrently with a meeting of biology teachers interested in BSCS and another meeting of PSSC Physics teachers, the problems of getting the new course more widely adopted were discussed.

A Microscope Lamp, Roger Volker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

9. a microscope

The beginning student in biology is faced with a number of difficulties in laboratory work, and many of these problems are related to his use of the microscope. Some students, even after a year or more of biology, still confess they have rarely seen what they were supposed to see through the microscope.

News And Notes - Outstanding Biology Teacher Award Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The committee for the selection of Iowa's Outstanding Biology Teacher for 1964 will begin evaluating candidates' applications on March 15, 1964.

News And Notes - Area Pssc Meeting At Roosevelt In Des Moines

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Since the PSSC physics program was introduced in 1957 the teachers using the PSSC materials have been meeting twice each year to report their progress, their success, and their difficulties.

News And Notes - Congratulations

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

William V. Houser, a science teacher at Roosevelt High, Des Moines, has been named the Iowa Teacher of the Year for 1964.

Review - Research Problems In Biology - Investigations For Students - Series 1 And 2, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

These books now exist in a pocket book style. They are the "Biological Investigations" prepared by the BSCS groups. The investigations have been refined and are available in this commercial form. They are still of the high quality as expected when one considers that they are truly a research prospectus in the finest sense.

Review - Vanishing Animals, Preserving Nature's Rarities, Jean Crane

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This is a book that either scientist or non-scientist might read with interest and profit. Mr. Street covers a wide variety of animals from the great auk to the Komodo dragon.

Developing A Science Curriculum In A Small School, Verlin Fleagle

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Developing a workable curriculum for a school with a total enrollment of 607, kindergarten through twelfth grade, is not quite as easy as it might seem. Bigger schools have a better systematized core program than most small schools.

News And Notes - Complimentary Copies Of Issue No. 1 Of Volume 2

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Complimentary copies of vol.2 no.1 have been mailed to every secondary science teacher in Iowa as a means of informing all teachers of the activities and organization of the Iowa Science Teachers Association and the existence of this Journal.

How Do You Get Help In The Lab?

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

With the increased emphasis on laboratory work, one of the teacher's big problems is finding enough time to make the necessary preparations. Student assistants can be a big help.

Reports - Financial Statement; Report Of The Editor; Committee Reports; Conservation In Iowa, 1963

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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Information For Authors

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

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College Catalog 1964-1966, State College Of Iowa

UNI Programs and Courses Catalogs

Table of Contents

College Calendar ... 4
The College and Its Program ... 6
College Terminology ... 8
Questions and Answers ... 11
Preparing for Admission ... 13
General Information ... 15
Student Residence ... 15
Employment ... 17
Scholarships ... 19
Extracurricular Activities ... 20
Extension Service ... 27
College Policies ... 29
Admission Procedures ... 29
Enrollment and Registration ... 37
Fees Schedule ... 38
Curricula ... 44
Undergraduate Curricula ... 47
Adjustments for Transfer Students ... 56
Requirements for Graduation ... 57
Teaching Certificates ... 60
Courses of Instruction ... 62
The Graduate Program ... 123
Assistantships …

Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Open Letter From The President, David L. Fagle

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Science Teacher's Association is a growing organization and this journal is evidence of its expanding program. All teachers of science in the State of Iowa should be active members of this worthwhile organization.

Pollen As A Teaching Tool, Paul W. Tweeten

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

One of the basic needs I have encountered in teaching biology is being able to reach a designated goal by different avenues; that is, a diversified approach to the subject. I will attempt to show how a different tool, pollen, can be used to illustrate a number of common biological concepts.

Reviews - Single Concept Teaching Films, E. Russell Tepaske

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Recent materials in science education that will likely affect classroom instruction in all sciences for years to come is the single concept teaching film series of Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc.

Iowa Geological Survey, H. Garland Hershey

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

It is the duty of the Geological Sur vey to collect, interpret, and on basic geologic features of the State.

Spirit Lake High School Junior Research Program: A Course Of Study, Milbert Krohn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

To begin with, I had felt that the time had come in the curriculum development of Spirit Lake High School to offer some further incentive to the science talented student to beyond the regular offering of the curriculum, and to engage in activities which would teach him more of the true essence of science than he could receive in the regular classroom procedures – at least to approach it in a different way.

News And Notes - Scientific Manuscript Competition . . . To Remind You

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Junior Academy of Science has for its purpose the fostering and promotion of scientific interest among students of junior and senior high school levels and the sharing of scientific information gathered by the individual and group club members. One medium by which the I.J.A.S. attains this purpose is the Scientific Research Papers.

Review - The Quest Of Johannes Kepler, Astronomer, Andrew Stevenson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Barbara Land has written a book presenting the scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler. She has explained the theories and events which influenced Kepler.

Review - Teaching Chemistry With Models, Jean Crane

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This book contains 175 pages packed with information. The first half deals with types of bonding as related to electron arrangement, and with the use of this information to understand chemical properties of elements and compounds.

Large Glacial Erratics In Northeast Iowa, Lester P. Engelke

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The location of large glacial erratics of gneiss and granite in northeast Iowa, specifically in the tri-county area of Bremer-Fayette-Chickasaw counties is described. Discussed are the possible origin, size, location, detectability on survey photos, and some historical features. Action to provide for protection of these glacial relics against destruction is urged.

An Analysis Of Bscs Biology In Use For First Time, George Chapman

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

An analysis of the use of a particular program should examine the situation as it exists prior to adoption of the program. This is particularly true in an examination of a biology program.