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Iowa Science Teachers Journal
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Branching, Ed Harris
Branching, Ed Harris
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
For many years I have observed and photographed visual patterns. Sometimes I stumble upon them, and other times I search to find them, record them and perhaps make some sense of the relationships I see in the many variations. In the early '70s I began to put these observations together and to classify the many patterns into branching and layering. These two systems I see as primal information from which the human can better understand an underlying structure in the universe. These universal patterns act as building blocks to many diverse and complex forms and phenomena. The images and ideas …
Teaching Thinking Skills: Can We? Do We?, Edward L. Pizzini
Teaching Thinking Skills: Can We? Do We?, Edward L. Pizzini
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In virtually every journal related to education, one can find an article pertaining to "thinking skills." To say the least, the term is on the forefront in education. Likewise, its continued emergence in science education is not coincidental. After all, science is closely associated with logic and reasoning and should be a focal point for enhancing the development of the basic skills of thinking. The basic questions raised in this manuscript are "Can we and do we teach thinking skills in the science classroom?"
Ye Olde Learning Center, Stephanie A. Althof, Carl W. Bollwinkel, Kate J. Mcinroy
Ye Olde Learning Center, Stephanie A. Althof, Carl W. Bollwinkel, Kate J. Mcinroy
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
As new information and technology flood the educational system, more and more educators find themselves faced with data bases, software, computer links, and other "advanced tools" designed to make teaching easier. Talking computers flash messages and beep for correct answers {to the delight of many children), and it becomes fairly obvious that we are in an "out with the old, in with the new" generation. However, there is one basic and relatively simple teaching tool that refuses to die: the learning center.
University Of Iowa Model For Science Teacher Education, Robert E. Yager
University Of Iowa Model For Science Teacher Education, Robert E. Yager
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Teachers can learn to assess their teaching performance and to use such information for improvement. Several observations and experiments have led to the formulation of a model at the University of Iowa which continues to grow and to be modified as experiences with it dictate. The model has evolved from over two decades of efforts. However; it has matured as a result of the NSF supported Iowa-UPSTEP program (a teacher-education development effort which enjoyed ten years of support), and the NSTA Search for Excellence project which arose from a 1977-80 NSF research effort called Project Synthesis (Harms & Yager, 1981).
Astronomy Bulletin - April, May And June 1988, P. Steven Leiker
Astronomy Bulletin - April, May And June 1988, P. Steven Leiker
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The promise of warmer weather in the spring and summer months brings out the astronomer in everyone. The night sky for April, May and June contains many interesting objects that can be viewed with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope.
I Cloned A Gene With The Vector Team, Stephen Streff
I Cloned A Gene With The Vector Team, Stephen Streff
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
There were no elephants with two trunks, no corn plants with four ears and no humans turned into Frankensteins, but there was evidence of recombinant DNA, transformation and cloned organisms. During the first week in August, 26 high school instructors from across the state and two college instructors received training in the laboratory skills of recombinant DNA at Drake University. The course, "A First Laboratory Course in Recombinant DNA Technology," was presented by David Micklos, the program director for the DNA Literacy Program at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred International …
Science Notes - University Of Rochester To Hold Biotechnology Institute
Science Notes - University Of Rochester To Hold Biotechnology Institute
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester (New York) will offer eight different courses during its summer Biotechnology Institute. Designed to introduce pre-college educators to the field of biotechnology, the institute consists of a series of intensive, one-week graduate courses taught by university faculty. Foci of the studies include social and ethical issues in biotechnology, laboratory training, bringing biotechnology to the secondary classroom and employing special models to present biology as an investigative, problem-solving discipline.
Science Notes - What's The Outlook For Summer 1988, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Science Notes - What's The Outlook For Summer 1988, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
One week Outlook training sessions will be offered in Iowa beginning June 5 and June 12. Outlook is an environmental education enrichment program developed in Iowa for grades K-12.
Science Notes - Aaas Releases New Edition Of Resource Directory
Science Notes - Aaas Releases New Edition Of Resource Directory
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The AAAS has published the second edition of its Resource Directory. Listed is detailed information about 950 disabled scientists, engineers, students and others who are occupied in science/technology related positions.
Science Notes - National Association Of Interpretation Offers Workshop
Science Notes - National Association Of Interpretation Offers Workshop
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A workshop entitled "Interpreting the Heartland" is being offered by Region V of the National Association of Interpretation. The program will run April 7-10, 1988, and has been planned to emphasize the cultural and natural history of the Omaha, Nebraska, region with concurrent sessions, panel discussions, workshops, special speakers and field trips. Program topics will include evaluating interpretation, living history workshops, hands-on educational kits, discovery room development, storytelling, Project WILD, folklore as an interpretive tool and blending natural and human history.
Science Notes - Living Lightly
Science Notes - Living Lightly
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A set of inexpensive environmental education curriculum guides is available from Schlitz Audubon Center. "Living Lightly in the City" was inspired by urban children and written for use with students in both suburban and urban communities.
Science Notes - Prisms Summer Physics Workshop Offered, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Prisms Summer Physics Workshop Offered, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The University of Northern Iowa, along with the Iowa Academy of Science, the National Science Foundation and the National Diffusion Network, is sponsoring "Leadership Workshops in Physics Resources, Instructional Strategies and Content for Teachers of High School Physics." The workshops are designed to train resource teachers to utilize resources and instructional strategies to be used in their classrooms. Included among the resources offered are materials found in the Physics Resources and Instructional Strategies for Motivating Students (PRISMS) program. Content update lectures and demonstrations by UNI physics staff members will cover such topics as holography, acoustics, thermodynamics, electronics and nuclear physics.
Science Notes - Uni Institute For Environmental Education Offers Spring Workshops, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Uni Institute For Environmental Education Offers Spring Workshops, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Once again, the University of Northern Iowa, through its Institute for Environmental Education, is offering workshops at Springbrook State Park, near Guthrie Center and Camp EWALU, near Strawberry Point.
Science Notes - Iowa Chautauqua Program Works With Schools To Meet Nsta Goal, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Iowa Chautauqua Program Works With Schools To Meet Nsta Goal, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Iowa Chautauqua Program is offering several workshops this year for interested individuals. The program is designed to produce materials and teaching strategies that will help schools to meet the NSTA "goal of science education during the 1980s." That goal states that programs should develop "scientifically literate individuals who understand how science, technology and society influence one another and who are able to use this knowledge."
Science Notes - "Friends Of Fermilab" Sponsors Summer Institute For Science And Mathematics Teachers
Science Notes - "Friends Of Fermilab" Sponsors Summer Institute For Science And Mathematics Teachers
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Summer Institute for Science and Mathematics Teachers will be held from June 13 to July 8 at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. The institute was designed to expose teachers to background material in basic subject matter, successful and lively teaching techniques, and current developments in research and contemporary relations among science, technology and society in selected problem areas.
Science Notes - Educators' Network Offered By The Climate Protection Institute, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Educators' Network Offered By The Climate Protection Institute, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Climate Protection Institute, through its Educators' Network Project, is working to bring the topic of global warming into science classrooms. In the project, the CPI serves as a clearinghouse for suggestions for lesson plans designed to make global warming a part of schools' curricula.
Science Notes - Tenth International Conference On Chemical Education
Science Notes - Tenth International Conference On Chemical Education
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Tenth International Conference on Chemical Education (10th ICCE) will be held August 20-25, 1989, at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. The conference is co-sponsored by the Chemistry Teaching Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; and the Canadian Society for Chemistry and is supported by UNESCO. It is co-chaired by Maurice Chastrette (Chairman of CTC/IUPAC, France) and Brian T. Newbold (Canada).
Science Notes - Energy And Education Newsletter, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Energy And Education Newsletter, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The National Science Teachers Association's Special Projects recently began its eleventh year of publishing the newsletter Energy and Education. For a time, financial difficulties made continuation of the newsletter doubtful, but it has survived and continues to be the only national newsletter for energy education. Energy and Education is designed to keep readers up-to-date on new projects and materials on energy.
Science Notes - Teaching Aids Offered By American Cancer Society, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Teaching Aids Offered By American Cancer Society, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Cancer Society, through its public education services, offers several teaching aids that may be of interest to Iowa science teachers. Films, videotapes, pamphlets, resource materials, posters and complete program packages are among the materials offered by the society, and some aids are available in Spanish as well as English.
Science Notes - Museum Of Science And Industry And American Library Association Offer Updated List Of Children's Science Books, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Museum Of Science And Industry And American Library Association Offer Updated List Of Children's Science Books, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
An updated version of The Museum of Science and Industry Basic List of Children's Science Books has recently been released and is now available to teachers across the country.
Editor's Corner - Professional Reading And Other Priorities, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Editor's Corner - Professional Reading And Other Priorities, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Teach till three, coach basketball, write a lesson plan, grade tests, call Jason's mother, schedule the bus for the trip to Des Moines, find the "Must Do Today" list ----- If you found your "Must Do Today'' list next to this editorial, you have plenty of other priorities in hand and I need not continue the list started above. If you have read this far, perhaps you can be persuaded to read on while I share some thoughts about increasing the depth of our professional reading which may be at the level of our "Must Do Today" list.
Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Officers & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
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Science Notes - New Life For Bulletin Boards, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - New Life For Bulletin Boards, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Eastman Kodak is offering an idea booklet designed to perk up bulletin boards and other displays. Corkers is a 20-page, illustrated idea-enhancer that is free of charge to anyone interested.
A Case For Geology, Lynn A. Brant
A Case For Geology, Lynn A. Brant
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Geology suffers from two enduring stereotypes. The first stereotype is that geology is "about rocks and minerals," period. It is true that the materials, the configurations of matter, studied in geology are largely rocks and minerals, but the study of geology goes much further than this simple intention. It has a lot more to say about the world in which we live than just a study of earth materials. The second stereotype concerns the reasons one should study geology. Many persons, including not a few professional geologists, regard geology's role in society as limited to the finding and producing of …
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Iowa Science Teachers Journal
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Historical Science: Stephen Jay Gould At The Nsta, Paul E. Rider Sr.
Historical Science: Stephen Jay Gould At The Nsta, Paul E. Rider Sr.
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Stephen Jay Gould, the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University, recently spoke at a meeting of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in Washington, D.C. An eloquent spokesperson for the earth sciences, Gould holds a degree in paleontology from Columbia University. The American Geological Institute has made a video tape of his talk available for purchase. This article, a review of the tape, is for the benefit of science teachers who may wish to buy a copy.
Exercises On The Nature Of Science: Indirect Observations, Roland P. Stout
Exercises On The Nature Of Science: Indirect Observations, Roland P. Stout
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
An earlier ISTJ article (Stout, 1986) presented several methods for demonstrating the importance of observation in scientific inquiry. The blue bottle demonstration described there illustrates the use of indirect observations in science. The demonstration described here carries the concept of indirect observation further. It can stand alone, or be integrated with the blue bottle demonstration for a more complete discussion of the nature of science.