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Federally Funded Educational Programs: Their Purpose And Implications For Media Specialists, Dorothy Jean Button

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this discussion is to indicate the importance to media specialists of federally funded educational programs in the United States. The intended purposes of the Congressional acts will be summarized, noting areas of particular interest to media personnel. Some consideration will be given to what has been or is being done under these directives.

A Comparison Of Teaching The Use Of The Card Catalog By Conventional Method And By Programmed Instruction, Annabel Meyer

Graduate Research Papers

This study was designed to compare the teaching of the use of the card catalog by programmed instruction with the conventional lecture techniques now being used, to discover the more effective method of teaching this material. An experimental group and a control group will be pretested, instructed, and post-tested to compare the effectiveness of the methods.

Feasibility Study Of Central Processing Centers For Iowa Schools, Judith Dohse Casey

Graduate Research Papers

This study is designed to show comparative inforI11&tion of several central processing centers in Iowa and to compare the costs of these centers with other processing methods and to present related problems concerning each method.

A Comparison Of The Selection And Circulation Policies Of Regional Educational Media Centers In The State Of Iowa, Nancy Ashton Larue

Graduate Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to compare the selection and circulation policies of the sixteen Regional Educational Media Centers. Each of the Regional Educational Media Centers was given the opportunity to function as its advisory boards designates within the guidelines set forth by the State Department of Public Instruction and the federal limitations as to funding.

New Flexible Crinoids From The Upper Devonian Of North Central Iowa, Harrell L. Strimple, C. O. Levorson

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Complete crinoid dorsal cups and crowns are virtually unknown from the Lime Creek Formation and Amana beds except for one partial crown of Dactylocrinus stellatimbasalis (Thomas) 1924. A partial and a complete crown and one dorsal cup belonging to Apodactylocrinus Strimple and Levorson, new genus, are described as A. keithi Strimple and Levorson, n. sp. and A. amanaensis Strimple and Levorson, n. sp.

Three Illustrators: William Blake, George Cruikshank And Maurice Sendak, Patricia Twait

Graduate Research Papers

Children's books have been a source of delight to them; they have evoked both tears and laughter from young audiences. The illustrator has come to be a partner in the creation of hooks for children. The term children's literature now includes the efforts of both illustrators and authors. It was not always so. For many years children read adult books because there was no such thing as a storybook for children. When they came, the books for children were dull fare. They were moralizing with few, if any, illustrations.

Gradually illustrators began illustrating books specifically for children. The literary content …

Maria Edgeworth, Mary Whiteley Degner

Graduate Research Papers

At the height of her career Maria Edgeworth's reading audience spanned a wide area. Even though her name is not widely known today, she is an outstanding figure in the field of children's literature. This descriptive research paper includes her biography, emphasizing the influence of her father and that of Thomas Day. The paper concentrates chiefly on her contribution to children's literature although her novels are used. to show the range of her work.

Industrial Arts Facilities In Twenty State Colleges Or Universities, Harold L. Street

Graduate Student Work

This research is a study of industrial arts facilities at several state colleges and universities in states adjacent to Iowa. The study is a comparison of facilities from a monetary standpoint. A questionnaire was prepared concerning when the facilities were constructed, the cost, money spent for new equipment, size of facilities in square feet, along with several other questions.

Retournez Á La Nature, Mary Jo Bruett

Graduate Research Papers

Known as the Father of French Romanticism, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is noted for contributing much to his time. Not only will he be remembered for being an essayist and novelist, but he is noted as a philosopher and a principal adversary of the characteristics of 18th century philosophy. Rousseau's unique childhood became his own philosophy and in turn the basis of his well known educational theory "retournez, a la nature" the return to nature. Because of this theory and his writings, education as well as literature, were greatly influenced.

Notes On Fleshy Fungi In Iowa. Vi., Kenneth C. Miller, Michael D. Woodward, Lois H. Tiffany, Harold S. Mcnabb Jr.

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

During the summer and fall of 1970, 211 sporocarps of fleshy fungi were collected. In the collection were 14 species not previously reported for the state of Iowa. Cortinarius brunneus, C. coloratus, C. cylindripes, C. pulchrifolius, Hygrophorus marginatus, Psalliota comtula, P. silvatica, Psilocybe agrariella, Riussula cyanoxantha, R. puellaris, R. vesca, R. xerampelina, Tricholoma intermedium, and T. terreolens.

Editorial Board

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Cover - Ias & Ists Officers, Directors And Chairpersons - Ist Journal Information - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

It's What We Tried To Tell Them Half A Century Ago

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Transportation Secretary Volpe made headlines last month when he urged an international agreement for tighter controls to curb oil pollution by tankers that dump oily "ballast water" at sea.

Science Through Choice, Darrell G. Phillips

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The young lady pictured on the front cover of this issue is deeply involved in structuring her own intellect. She is certainly finding out how particular things "work," but, more importantly she is using her own mind to plan next steps, to explore possibilities and to make decisions. Such intense involvement in learning is not at all uncommon, but this particular situation is highly unique-unique because it is taking place in a science classroom in a public school!

Waste Water: A Valuable Resource

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Waste water isn't a problem-it's a valuable resource, according to a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineer.

Using A Computer In High School Chemistry, Floyd F. Sturtevant, Kenneth A. Hartman

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The advent of the computer is having a great influence on our society and the educational system. Many public school systems have contracted with institutions and organizations for use of their computer facility in class scheduling, pupil accounting, fiscal accounting, preparation of student grades and the like. The computer has not, with the exception of some experimental situations, been widely used in the public schools as an instructional tool. The advent of the time-sharing and multi-tasking computer provides the opportunity for public schools to avail themselves of an instructional computer at a reasonable cost without employing specialized computer scientists. It …

Nsf Reports 1970 Salaries

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Statisticians earned the highest median salaries ($16,900) among 313,000 scientific and technical personnel in the United States in 1970, the National Science Foundation reports. Computer scientists were second highest on the list with $16,500 and economists third with $16,300.

Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

For teachers who are looking for more ideas and background in teaching earth and space science, this new publication should provide just the lift. Helping Children Learn Earth-Space Science is a compilation of outstanding articles which have been brought together from Science and Children, 1963-1971, by William B. Matthews III, Professor of Geology at Lamar State College of Technology, Texas.

Nsta Combined Bibliography Ready

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Teachers, supervisors and administrators will find the new Bibliography of Science Courses of Study and Textbooks for Grades K-12 1970 helpful in planning the school science curriculum.

Orau To Develop Environmental Science Package For High School Students

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will develop and test a package of environmental measuring devices that high school students will build themselves from basic electronic components and then use to monitor air, water, noise and radiation pollution levels in their home communities.

Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Investigative Methods For The Science Teacher, Bernard D. Hermanson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The basis for this research project was the idea: Why tell or lecture students about an idea or fact when, if given the appropriate information, they would be able to figure it out for themselves? This does not mean that we hand the students a text and tell them to learn about the subject on their own, nor is this "investigative" approach to be used all the time. Because of the different levels of reasoning needed for various topics, one cannot expect a student to deduce the composition of an atom as easily as he can deduce the composition of …

Paramecia Affected By Leaf Extracts, M. Bley, B. Frenchick, K. Smith

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Leaves and needles from deciduous and coniferous trees play a major role in the formation of soil in their respective forests and thus help to determine the type of life that can successfully live there. Because of the known effects of leaf and needle litter on larger invertebrate life, earthworms, millipedes, etc., it was decided to experiment with infusions of paramecia derived from both leaves and needles to see if they were similarly affected.

The Ias Bulletin, V5n1, January 1971, Iowa Academy Of Science

IAS Bulletin

In this issue:

--- Officers, Directors, and Section Chairmen, 1970-71
--- Note from the Editor of the Proceedings
--- Survey of Interest in the Iowa Science Teachers Journal
--- 83rd Session Joint Meetings Planned
--- General Session Speakers Named
--- Governor's Budget Hearings Involve Academy Officers
--- Iowa Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers
--- Note from One of Our Older Members
--- The 137th Meeting of the AAAS, Chicago
--- ISTS Executive Committee Meeting
--- NSTA Meetings
--- Excellence in Teaching Awards
--- Action by the Social Implications Committee
--- AAAS Research Grant Funds Available
--- Questionnaire …

The "New" Proceedings

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Off-Campus Instruction Via Video Tape, George E. Lamp Jr., Charles L. Townsend

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

The Continuing Education Via Video Tape Program presents Iowa State University graduate and advanced undergraduate courses to off-campus people at or near their place of employment solely by means of video tapes. Course offerings are primarily in engineering; some non-engineering courses have been and will be taped and shown.

Effect Of Salicylic Acid On The Early Development Of The Chick Limb-Bud, Suleiman A. Suleiman, John R. Baker

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Transplanted hind limb-buds of chick embryos were treated with salicylic acid. Treatment with this chemical caused reduction in length, weight and volume of the developing limb-buds. A side effect observed was an apparent loosening of the basal membrane and examined with regard to length, weight, and volume. The above observations are discussed in relation to the different hypotheses of the ectoderm-mesoderm interaction. The physiological role of the basal membrane, as well as the possible implications of the basal findings to the question of limb development and morphogenesis, are also discussed.

Intra-Stream Movement And Distribution Of Channel Catfish, James Mayhew

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Channel catfish were marked and tagged in a 20-mile stretch of the lower Des Moines River. The experimental area was separated into eight segments of 2.5 miles each. Dispersion of recaptured fish from these segments was used to describe movement. Of the 4,988 catfish tagged, 345 were recaptured in the following two years. Approximately 50% of the recaptured fish did not move from the segment in which they were originally marked. Moving catfish were distributed in a normal fashion in upstream and downstream directions. Mean distances of movement was 5.6 miles downstream and 5.1 miles upstream. The greatest distances recorded …

Movement Of Bigmouth Buffalo In Coralville Reservoir, Iowa, Larry Mitzner

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Movement characteristics of bigmouth buffalo were determined and used to correct for error in population estimates caused by dilution effect. No gross upstream or downstream movement was observed and one standard deviation of movement from point of release was 1.13 miles based on 60 recaptures. A total of 8,065 individuals were marked. I estimated 81% of the marked fish remained in a four mile study area during the investigation. Models are presented to determine movement and dispersion of marked fish from point of release.

In Memoria - Yu Ying Fu Li, 1916-1969; Alfred W. Meyer, 1898-1970; Ben H. Peterson, 1893-1969; Joseph J. Runner, 1885-1970; Lawrence H. Willson, 1885-1970

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.