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Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

The Project In High School Science, Don D. Pettit

Science Bulletin

The use of the project in teaching the high school sciences is one of the major means of holding the interest of those who are taking the course chiefly because of requirements for graduation or college entrance. No doubt it would be an excellent means of presenting an entire year's work but would require a good deal of the teacher's time to develop such a course of study. This obstacle might well be overcome by gradually introducing the project year by year until the complete field was covered.

The State High School Course In General Science, C. W. Lantz

Science Bulletin

The course of study in general science for high schools issued by the State Department of Public Instruction has recently come from the press. The course is divided into fifteen units. Of these, eight are devoted primarily to physical and chemical facts; five are of a biological nature; and two deal with facts of astronomy and meteorology. The authors, however, have succeeded well in constructing a course in general science and have not merely put together unrelated parts of physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy.

Science Bulletin, Vol.3 No.8, April 1931 [Complete Issue]

Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

Editor And Advisory Board

Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

Cell Secrets, R. W. Getchell

Science Bulletin

This is a true picture of one class of cell products, the enzymes; and it represents with considerable accuracy two other products of the cell, the vitamines and the hormones. These three wonderful agencies challenge our interest and provoke a tremendous amount of research at present because they are so far-reaching in their effects and because they hugely baffle any attempt to isolate or identify them.

Weather Lore, E. J. Cable

Science Bulletin

Are you one of the great throng that believe in superstition? Do you look with gloom and dismay upon future weather if, on ground-hog clay, this harmless animal should be so unfortunate as to see his noon day shadow and then hie himself to mother earth for another six weeks I period? Do you think it makes any difference if you plant y our garden seeds in the light of the moon or lay shingles in the dark of the moon!

Effects Of An Electric Current, L. Begeman

Science Bulletin

In two preceding articles, the writer has discussed the nature of an electric current and the three practical ways of producing it. The question now naturally follows: What are the uses of an electric current? Speaking generally, we use an electric current for lighting, for heating, for chemical work, for mechanical work, and for therapeutic or physiological treatments of various human ailments.

Practical Methods Of Producing A Current Of Electricity, L. Begeman

Science Bulletin

Currents of electricity as utilized by the electrical engineer fall naturally into three classes, viz.: those produced by chemical action in batteries; those produced by magnetic induction in dynamos; and those produced by the direct action of heat in thermo-cells.

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Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

My Friend, The Toad, Roy L. Abbott

Science Bulletin

As a boy, I played with a big shepherd dog that had a passionate fondness for toads. He cornered one nearly every day, some place or another, always apprizing me of the fact by loud barking and frantic gesticulations as if he had really found some game worthwhile this time.

Question Box, W. H. Kadesch

Science Bulletin

What is Huyghens's theory of the transmission of light? What objections to this theory have been advanced? How have these been met?

Scrap Books In Science Teaching, James Kercheval

Science Bulletin

Scrapbooks may become a very valuable connecting link between science in the classroom and science in everyday use.

The Migration Of Birds: Part Ii, O. R. Clark

Science Bulletin

The migration routes are without doubt the result of a long evolution and it is thought that birds may be gradually changing their routes today. A number of factors are involved in determining the routes which different species follow.

Science Bulletin, Vol.3 No.7, March 1931 [Complete Issue]

Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

A Field Trip In General Science, Russia Harris

Science Bulletin

Yesterday my General Science classes visited the water plant to learn how Iowa City secures and prepares its water supply. In preparation for this I made a preliminary visit to the plant and prepared a skeleton outline, as given below, of the information to be gained.

Soap, O. B. Read

Science Bulletin

Soap has been a common and important household article since ancient times. Until within the last fifty years its preparation was largely a home or domestic process, but recently its manufacture has been shifted from home to factory, and soap has become an important industrial product.

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Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

Science Bulletin, Vol.3 No.6, February 1931 [Complete Issue]

Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

A New Column

Science Bulletin

The suggestion has several times been made that a column be set apart in the Science Bulletin for the exchange of ideas by teachers in the field. The thought is that any specially valuable devices, interesting experiments, or successful projects will be reported there and so be made available to all the science teachers of the state. In conformity with this suggestion such a column will be placed at your disposal each of the remaining issues of the year.

Science In The High School Curriculum, C. L. Jackson

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“What sciences should be offered in a consolidated high school?” “Our high school school enrollment is about three hundred. What sciences should we include in our course of study?”

For several reasons no dogmatic statement will be made in answer to such questions, but it is hoped that we may be able to offer some suggestions which may help the individual superintendent or principal in deciding the questions for himself.

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Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

Makers Of Science, S. F. Hersey

Science Bulletin

In the November number of the Science Bulletin the suggestion was made with reference to science clubs that "Human interest biographies of noted scientists'' would be interesting and helpful. This idea has appealed to the writer as a sound one and has inspired the writing of the present article.

The Nature Of An Electric Current, L. Begeman

Science Bulletin

Electricity at rest upon the surface of a non-conductor or upon the surface of a completely insulated conductor is commonly called a static charge of electricity. As has been explained by the writer in a previous article in the Science Bulletin, a static charge is negative when it consists of an aggregate of electrons and positive when it consists of an aggregate of unneutralized protons.

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Science Bulletin

A Service Bulletin for Teachers of High School Science.

Human Physiology, H. Earl Rath

Science Bulletin

As a small boy I recall sitting near the front of the room in a rural school with my legs swinging vigorously several inches from the floor, and listening while a large group of older boys and girls attempted to recite the names of the bones of the body as well as many other parts. The class appealed to me principally because it seemed to give great pain to the participants, and because it was still a long way off so far as I was concerned. With much less glee do I recall the time a few years later when …

The Migration Of Birds: Part I, O. R. Clark

Science Bulletin

Among the most characteristic and familiar activities of our birds are their regular seasonal movements between their winter homes and their summer nesting sites.

Question Box

Science Bulletin

Can two violins playing the same pitch simultaneously be heard farther than one?

The Planetesimal Hypothesis, E. J. Cable

Science Bulletin

In a former article the writer called attention to the fact that the La Placian hypothesis has been abandoned by scientists because of the serious astronomical, biological, dynamical, and geological difficulties encountered. The Planetesimal or Accretion hypothesis, which has superseded it, is the gift of Doctor T. C. Chamberlin, formerly head of the Department of Geology at the University of Chicago and Director of the United States Geological Survey.

Smoke Makes City Warmer

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Mr. Fred L. Disterdick, of the U. S. Weather Bureau at Des Moines, has observed surprisingly great differences in temperature between the smoke covered city and the nearby country.