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Science Notes - Review: Simearth, Software For Planet Management, James J. Hungerford Jan 1991

Science Notes - Review: Simearth, Software For Planet Management, James J. Hungerford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Recently, I had the opportunity to review a computer program produced by MAXIS called "SimEarth." The program simulates many different aspects of a planet, including climate, evolution, atmospheric composition and civilization. The user designs, modifies, manages and nurtures a planet from creation through the formation of oceans, appearance of life, evolution and development of intelligence and a level of technology that can look beyond the planet to space. Inspired by James Lovelock's GAIA hypothesis, Sim Earth simulates the Earth as a living organism.

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Science Notes - Review: Pollution: Problems And Concerns, Carl W. Bollwinkel Jan 1991

Science Notes - Review: Pollution: Problems And Concerns, Carl W. Bollwinkel

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Pollution: Problems and Solutions is a recent addition to Ranger Rick's Nature Scope series. The topic of pollution is a very broad one to be dealt with in the 84 pages of this guide. Major sections deal with solid and hazardous waste materials, air pollution and water pollution.

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Science Notes - Red Lobster Nutrition Education Program Jan 1991

Science Notes - Red Lobster Nutrition Education Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Red Lobster Corporation is offering a special nutrition packet to educators free of charge. "Treasures from the Deep--Seafood for Health's Sake" is a classroom learning kit designed to help students become more aware of their bodies' nutritional needs and the benefits of seafood.

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Science Notes - American Geological Institute Offers Careers Brochure, Stephanie A. Althof Jan 1991

Science Notes - American Geological Institute Offers Careers Brochure, Stephanie A. Althof

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The American Geological Institute (in cooperation with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Geological Society of America) is offering its brochure titled Careers in the Geosciences free of charge to interested educators.

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Science Notes - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Offers Booklet On Greenhouse Effect, Stephanie A. Althof Jan 1991

Science Notes - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Offers Booklet On Greenhouse Effect, Stephanie A. Althof

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center is offering its booklet titled "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect" free of charge to interested educators.

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Science Notes - Fire Ecology Package Available From National Park Service, Stephanie A. Althof Jan 1991

Science Notes - Fire Ecology Package Available From National Park Service, Stephanie A. Althof

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Park Service has recently made available a teachers' kit on fire ecology titled "Getting to Know Wildland Fire." The kit was developed for elementary school use in response to the interest in wildland fires generated by the 1988 fires at Yellowstone National Park.

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Science Notes - General Mills Sponsors Nutrition Newsletter Jan 1991

Science Notes - General Mills Sponsors Nutrition Newsletter

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

General Mills, Inc., has implemented a series of "nutrition update" newsletters specifically designed for health professionals. The newsletter, titled Contemporary Nutrition, is distributed free to physicians, dentists, nurses, dietitians, food technologists, educators, students and other health professionals ten times each year.

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Rain Forest Poem, Ryan Bainbridge Jan 1991

Rain Forest Poem, Ryan Bainbridge

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

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Two Simple Exponential Decay Experiments, John W. Zwart, Carl Fictorie, Michael Hubers Jan 1991

Two Simple Exponential Decay Experiments, John W. Zwart, Carl Fictorie, Michael Hubers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When trying to teach a wide variety of experimental analysis techniques on a tight budget, teachers often have difficulty finding hands-on experiments which illustrate exponential decay and provide for the teaching of semi-log plotting skills. The authors have developed the following inexpensive and easy-to-implement experiments to meet that need.

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Science Notes - 1992 Polymer Science Teaching Awards, Stephanie A. Althof Jan 1991

Science Notes - 1992 Polymer Science Teaching Awards, Stephanie A. Althof

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Polymer Education Committee (POLYED) of the American Chemical Society is seeking applications for the 1992 Polymer Teaching Awards.

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The Iowa Aea Middle School Science Project - Sleds, Dean Hartman, Rollin Bannow Jan 1991

The Iowa Aea Middle School Science Project - Sleds, Dean Hartman, Rollin Bannow

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A resource of over 300 science activities is now available to Iowa science teachers from the Iowa AEA Middle School Science Project electronic bulletin board. It is the result of a report from a 1984 task force commissioned by the Iowa Department of Education to assess the needs of science education in Iowa. The task force identified the grades four through nine as those with the greatest need. Specifically identified was a need for user-friendly teaching materials that emphasized a "hands-on/minds-on" approach to science. Too large a portion of the science taught in these grades was based primarily on a …

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Science Notes - Eagle Watching Tours, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Science Notes - Eagle Watching Tours, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau will help individuals or organizations make arrangements to watch the bald eagles that can be seen around the locks and dams in the area from mid-December through February.

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Science Notes - Iowa Junior Science And Humanities Symposium Jan 1991

Science Notes - Iowa Junior Science And Humanities Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The University of Iowa is announcing the 30th annual Iowa Junior Science and Humanities Symposium to be held February 21 and 22, 1992. Approximately 200 students and 40 teachers will be invited to interact with renowned scientists and professors on present and future issues concerning our science-based society. In addition, the statewide symposium will enable 16 student presenters to share their research endeavors and compete for the opportunity to be one of five finalists invited, all expenses paid, to attend the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. There the top finalist will present his or her report and compete for …

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Science Notes - Peace Corps Seeks Math And Science Teachers Jan 1991

Science Notes - Peace Corps Seeks Math And Science Teachers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Peace Corps is currently searching for math and science teachers for departures in 1991 and 1992 into overseas assignments. Programs are for two years teaching in secondary schools in Africa, or for other possible assignments in countries throughout the world.

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Science Calendar Jan 1991

Science Calendar

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

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Science Notes - Duracell Nsta Scholarship Competition, Stephanie A. Althof Jan 1991

Science Notes - Duracell Nsta Scholarship Competition, Stephanie A. Althof

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Students wishing to compete for $30,000 in scholarships may enter the 1992 Duracell NSTA Scholarship Competition. Sponsored by Duracell U.S.A. and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, the competition offers students in grades nine through twelve an opportunity to win up to $10,000 in college scholarships.

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Editor's Corner - Cuts, Carl W. Bollwinkel Jan 1991

Editor's Corner - Cuts, Carl W. Bollwinkel

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Everyone, or almost everyone, reading this editorial has experienced the effect of state budget cuts within the past year. All Iowans have directly or indirectly been affected. Most readers of this journal are Iowa educators who have felt the impact in their daily efforts to educate children. Those of us in higher education have been editorially described as working in a "university disaster area." Degree-required classes are not offered to students, offices operate without secretaries, buildings go without repairs and, it would seem, there is not even enough money to pay someone to clean the floors. The cuts are both …

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Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section Jan 1991

Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

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Science Notes - Nsf Sponsors Oceanography Summer Program, Paul D. Jones Jan 1991

Science Notes - Nsf Sponsors Oceanography Summer Program, Paul D. Jones

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Are you interested in an NSF-sponsored oceanography summer program in Massachusetts combining three weeks of intensive study with a two week "final exam" at sea? If you are, Sea Experience may be the program for you. Classrooms on land are located in a picturesque setting just outside Woods Hole, Massachusetts, while the tall-masted 134-foot S.S.V. Corwith Cramer provides the setting for the final weeks of study.

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Science Notes - Marshland Magic Workshops, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Science Notes - Marshland Magic Workshops, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A "Marshland Magic" workshop will be held July 17-19, 1992, to provide an opportunity for educators and their families to explore the origin, history and ecology of wetlands, as well as opportunities for and effects of human interactions with them. The workshop and campsite will be based at Cooper's Cove, but activities will take place throughout Pocahontas County. Graduate credit is available from Morningside College, and the Arrowhead AEA is offering staff development credit.

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Science Notes - Summer Workshop For Astronomy Teachers Jan 1991

Science Notes - Summer Workshop For Astronomy Teachers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Project SPICA (Support Program for Instructional Competency in America) will conduct another summer workshop for teachers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 29-August 16, 1992.

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Science Notes - Chlorine Institute Offers Booklet, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Science Notes - Chlorine Institute Offers Booklet, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Chlorine Institute is offering a booklet titled "Chlor-Alkali Chemicals and the Chlorine Institute" free to educators. The booklet discusses past and present uses of chlorine, as well as theoretical and practical information about commercial production and distribution of the chemical.

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Science Notes - Genzyme Corporation Offers Posters, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Science Notes - Genzyme Corporation Offers Posters, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Genzyme Corporation is offering free, full-color posters on biotechnology subjects. A large, wall-size poster illustrates the process of cytokine signaling in the immune system, while a smaller poster depicts glycoprotein processing inhibitors and includes some descriptive text.

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Science Notes - Flinn Scientific Offers Chemistry Demonstrations, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Science Notes - Flinn Scientific Offers Chemistry Demonstrations, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Flinn Scientific is offering, free to educators, a series of demonstrations and experiments called Chem Fax. Chem Fax are designed to excite students' interest in chemistry and physical science while teaching them basic chemistry concepts.

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Science Notes - Summer Research Opportunities At Department Of Energy National Laboratories And Technology Centers, Stephanie A. Althof Jan 1991

Science Notes - Summer Research Opportunities At Department Of Energy National Laboratories And Technology Centers, Stephanie A. Althof

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa science teachers have the opportunity to spend their summer doing research at one of the Department of Energy's 21 national laboratories or energy technology centers located throughout the country.

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Science Notes - Nickel-Cadmium Rechargeable Dry Cells May Be Dangerous, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Science Notes - Nickel-Cadmium Rechargeable Dry Cells May Be Dangerous, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The North Carolina Northwest Technical Assistance Center has issued a warning against using nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries when constructing "dead circuits." The wires almost instantaneously become hot enough to burn students' fingers, melt holes in plastic or ignite magnesium.

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Science Notes - Careers-In-Geoscience Pamphlet Offered, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Science Notes - Careers-In-Geoscience Pamphlet Offered, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The American Geological Institute is offering a full-color pamphlet titled "Careers in the Geosciences" free to educators. The publication describes the types of work geoscientists do, provides information about the training required of those wishing to enter this field and includes a section about the future availability of jobs in the geosciences.

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Science Notes - Review: Earth, Darrel Hoff Jan 1991

Science Notes - Review: Earth, Darrel Hoff

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Kalmbach Publishing Co., the publisher of Astronomy magazine, has released the first issues of its new publication, Earth. This company has established a solid reputation for publishing the popular journal Astronomy. While the new publication is directed toward a general audience, its level of coverage and breadth of topics will make it a useful resource for earth-science teachers.

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Science Notes - Elementary Science Teachers Section Receives Grant Jan 1991

Science Notes - Elementary Science Teachers Section Receives Grant

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Elementary Science Teachers Section of the Iowa Academy of Science received a $12,374.25 grant from the Iowa Space Grant Consortium, directed by Dr. Wallace Sanders, at Iowa State University. (Although administered by state groups, funds are from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.)

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Editor's Corner - Beyond Environmental Awareness, Jonna M. Higgins Jan 1991

Editor's Corner - Beyond Environmental Awareness, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

By now, most educated people must be aware that we are sitting on an environmental time bomb. Being aware of these problems is like knowing that a house is on fire somewhere in our city: we feel vaguely sad for those whose home is being destroyed, but the situation doesn't urgently demand our attention. We feel sure that someone else is taking care of the problem. Unfortunately, everyone seems to view our environmental difficulties as a fire in the distance - someone else's problem.

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