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A Use For A Throwaway, Dennis Kingery

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A small vial or test tube plugged with cotton makes a very satisfactory watering device for caged insects. A significant drawback, however, is the difficulty in preventing the tube from rolling whenever the cage is moved. Setting the tube in a lump of clay is often suggested, but the clay soon becomes quite soiled.

A Flannelboard Substitute, Dennis Kingery

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A flannelboard is probably not among the audio-visual equipment available in most schools today, but there are times when this old standby is quite useful.

Glassware Safety And Care

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Corning Glass Works has recently published a 14-page brochure entitled Care and Handling of Laboratory Glassware.

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Disposal Of Hazardous Chemicals

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A cadre of 10 chemists has been identified and trained to assist science teachers in Iowa's secondary schools in the redistribution and/or disposal of hazardous chemicals.

Catalog Of Curriculum Resources

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A catalog of 116 curriculum units for elementary through secondary science levels is available free from The Science Resource Centre.

Spotlighting Excellence, David Mccalley

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Six Iowa teachers were honored by the Iowa Academy of Science during the annual meeting held at Coe College in Cedar Rapids last spring. They had been nominated by either administrators or by fellow teachers and selected by committees working with the director of the Academy's Excellence in Science Teaching Awards program. This issue will spotlight the biology and chemistry recipients. In subsequent issues, the earth science and elementary science recipients and the junior high science and physics recipients will be spotlighted.

Save Yourself, James Hungerford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

While arms race political talk is very effective in getting public support for increased military expenditures, such comparisons between Russian and United States educational systems go unheeded by the general public. Science education cannot afford to sit on the sidelines apathetically waiting for another Sputnik to give it a shot in the arm.

Exploring Iowa's Past

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Exploring Iowa's Past by Lynn Marie Alex is a layman's guide to the archeology of Iowa. The book explains the major periods of prehistoric culture in Iowa, the development of the state's archeological program, and how artifacts reflect the ideas, knowledge and traditions of the society that produces them.

Science And Societal Issues

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Science and Societal Issues, a book co-authored by Timothy Cooney, Charles Barman and John Rusch, is a newly published guide to help science teachers integrate science and societal issues in the science classroom.

Quick Crystals, Sil Crespo

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

When teaching about minerals, there is no way that you can omit the topic of crystals. Usually, we either go to our mineral cases and take out examples of crystals to pass around, or we grow our own. The only problem with these methods is that both take time. With the former, we are looking at crystals "after the fact." With the latter, we lost the interest of some students because it takes too long to grow crystals from a solution.

Bad Breath

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Why do garlic, onions and other pungent foods impart a lingering odor to breath?

Iowa Academy Of Science Leadership Directory And Membership List, 1981-82, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 2
Section Chairs ... 3
Section Vice Chairs ... 6
Committees ... 8
Past Presidents ... 22
Award Recipients ... 23
Membership Roster ... 27
Constitution, Article III ... 42

Abstracts Of Papers, 92nd Session, Iowa Academy Of Science, April 18-19, 1980, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Presentation abstracts from the annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science

The Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science April 18-19, 1980 [Program, 92nd Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Evaluation Of Affective Behaviors Of High School Science Students, Gary E. Downs

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

American education has been in a constant state of change during the last half-century. Some of the changes in science education are being questioned by the critics. Some of the criticism has come about because of the emphasis on subject matter content and very little emphasis, if any at all, on values. Science education must be part of the movement to a more humanistic education for young people. One method that teachers can use to help determine the direction of science education is to try and teach for and measure the affective behavior of their students. This paper is a …

Chemiluminescence, Erwin Richter

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A dramatic chemiluminescence is described by Huntress, et al., which is based on the basic oxidation of luminol.

Outdoor Education At Knoxville, Curt Froyen

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Many of the outdoor science activities at Knoxville wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the unusual arrangement of science classes. Students in the environmental science class, which meets during the fall semester, and the field biology class, which meets in the spring, attend class twice a week for two hours straight and once on Friday for one hour. All students are required to either take one of the field classes or general chemistry, as well as a semester in human biology.

Congratulations

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Science Teachers Journal congratulates Floyd Sturtevant of Ames High School for being selected as the recipient of the 1981 American Chemical Society (ACS) Midwest Regional High School Teaching Award and the 1981 ACS James Bryant Grant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching.

Winter Birdfeeding

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Winter's freezing winds and snow should remind us that many birds maintain permanent residency instead of migrating to warmer climates. Besides finding adequate shelter, their most important task is obtaining a sufficient and steady supply of food.

Trailing The Trilobite, Joseph H. Brown

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Rocky ledges jutting forth to form stony outcrops along -Iowa's streams, roadcuts and hillsides provide evidence of ancient environments entirely different from the rolling prairies of today. These rocky ledges were laid down in the bottoms of vast shallow seas which covered most of Iowa in its past history. Over great lengths of time, the waters swept back and forth, rising and subsiding, leaving a record in the layers of the earth's materials deposited in their depths. As the seas rose and fell, the deposits buried one another and became layers of conglomerate, sandstone, shale and gypsum. Minerals of calcite, …

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Short Courses

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The University of Northern Iowa has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to improve elementary and secondary teachers' knowledge in the subject matter of science and mathematics.

Science-Related Social Issues Survey, Timothy M. Cooney, Jeffrey Blaga

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

During the past several years, many science-related social issues have been of concern to the people of Iowa. Abortion has been an issue. Protests have been made against the Duane Arnold Energy Center nuclear generating plant. Evolution and creationism were debated in the state legislature. In addition, arsenic and nitrates have been found in some municipal water supplies. Other technological issues, such as soil conservation and gasohol, have been making headlines. These societal concerns are often of interest to students in our schools. Important and, as of yet, unanswered questions have been posed about how educators will deal with these …

Loss Of Farmlands

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Every day, 12 more square miles of American farmland is converted to non-agricultural purposes, according to Disappearing Farmlands, published by the Agricultural Lands Project.

Cancer Facts, James Hungerford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Did you know that the total, age-adjusted cancer death rate for U.S. women is on the decline? That the total cancer death rate for U.S. men (excluding the death rates associated with smoking) is on the decline?

The Maligned And Misunderstood North American Badger, Richard Lampe

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The common though highly elusive North American badger is seldom seen and often misunderstood. When badgers are encountered by man, the experience is frequently startling to both parties. Impressions based on such limited and stress-filled information are biased. For example, it is widely believed that this member of the family Mustelidae (which also includes skunks, otters and weasels) is vicious, mean and aggressive. However, personal experience with badgers gained from studies over the past 10 years indicates that, although quite capable of defending themselves, badgers are shy, secretive and good bluffers.

Human Genetic Materials

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

To request information on a catalog of sources on Informational and Educational Materials on Human Genetics and Genetic Diseases, write the National Clearinghouse for Human Genetic Diseases.

Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Editorial Staff ; Officers & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section; Advisory & Technical Review Boards

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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