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Your Population Is Raisin!, Joe Moore

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Sampling techniques are used to quickly estimate the size of populations within given sets.

New Istj Associate Editor

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Mr. Herman Kirkpatrick of Des Moines has been appointed by the ISTJ Advisory Board as an Associate Editor in Physics Education.

Abstracts Of Papers, Iowa Academy Of Science [88th Meeting], April 10, 1976, 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 9-10, 1976 [Program, 88th Meeting], Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

General Sessions:
Observations on Science and Policy Making - Dr. Richard Scribner, AAAS --- 5
Experiences as a Congressional Science Fellow - Dr. Pamela Ebert, NRC --- 5
Nuclear Energy - Dr. Dixy Lee Ray --- 7
Symposia and Joint Sessions:
Current Status of Cancer Research --- 9
Cedar River Ecology --- 9
Waste Disposal in Iowa --- 10
Relationship Between The Applications of Mathematics and the Teaching of Mathematics --- 11
What Does Industry Want From the Physical Science Graduate? --- 11
Social Hour and Banquet --- 7
Workshops on Energy and The Environment --- 10
Academy Business …

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Citizen's Workshop On Energy And Environment

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The University of Northern Iowa Chemistry Department will be conducting a series of Citizens' Workshops on Energy & Environment in Iowa during the coming academic year.

Holography: Capturing The Third Dimension, Michael Timmons

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Holography, the three-dimensional recording of interference patterns on film has unlimited possibilities in the fields of science, art, technology, and media. Three types of holograms, the "flat" or plane, circular, and white light, are presently being produced successfully and inexpensively in the high school situation. The novelty of holography arouses curiosity while allowing the student to experience the application of interference phenomenon.

The Foreign Exchange

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Teachers Association is attempting to locate persons in the United States who are interested in corresponding with science teachers in other countries and/or hosting a foreign student or visiting educator.

Nsta To Assist Local Drive-In Conferences

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Individual NSTA members, chapters, and associated groups interested in sponsoring local or drive-in conferences are invited to write in for application forms.

Mnemonics, Mike Williams

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

You can help students remember and keep in order the levels of biological classification by using the following old Dial soap commercial.

A Snow Job, Elwood Garlock

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Have students measure the temperature of a snow drift at three different levels.

Eastern Iowa Science Fair

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair will be held March 26 and 27, 1977.

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Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Iowa's P.A.S.T. (Programming Archeology For School Teachers)

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Endowment for Humanities has recently granted the Office of the Iowa State Archeologist funds for developing archeological learning materials for the youth of Iowa at the fifth grade level. Dr. D. C. Anderson, the State Archeologist has just released the following description of the project.

Amoebas That Can "Blow Your Mind", Eugene C. Bovee

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Until the mid-1950's it was assumed by biologists and physicians that the only amoeba that endangered human comfort is the one that infects the digestive tract, causing amoebic dysentery in the susceptible and unwary tourist exposed to its more virulent varieties. Although that one, known to biologists as Entamoeba histolytica, sometimes escapes to the other parts of the body to cause sores and disturbances, it rarely causes death of its host, being a generally "well-behaved" parasite.

In This Corner: Career Education, Steven K. Halstead

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Often science educators feel that career education belongs in the Industrial Arts or Vocational Agriculture or Home Economics classroom but not in the Science classroom. Since Sputnik, science educators have been selling their course offerings by talking about the vast technological society in which we live and how the job market needs scientifically literate workers. Too often, however, these same educators view career education only as the production of pre-professional scientists. They seem not to include nurses, laboratory technicians and other applied fields in science vocations.

1976 Nsta Convention Site

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The 1976 regional convention for NSTA will be November 18-20, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Behavior Molding, Leon Eisenberg

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The planets will move as they always have whether we adopt a geocentric or heliocentric view of the heavens . . . but, the behavior of man is not independent of the theories of human behavior that men adopt.

Puzzles And Piaget, David Mccalley

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Personal experience has shown that student learning problems may often be analyzed intuitively and effectively through personal interviews. However, recent work by Anton Lawson and his colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley has produced a more analytical tool, based on Piagetian Reasoning Theory, to help educators understand how students operate men tally. This tool consists of a series of specially designed puzzles, the response to which, gives clues to understanding the functional basis for students' thought processes.

Congratulations!

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Editorial Board of the Iowa Science Teachers Journal wishes to congratulate the six Iowa science educators recognized by the Iowa Academy of Science for their excellence in science teaching: Sandra Waltz (Norwalk); Elwood Garlock (Cedar Rapids); Stanley Whelchel (Waterloo); George Davis (Reinbeck); Gary Jensen (Roland); Glendon Peterson (Le Mars).

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

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

Career Opportunities Await Qualified Students, Gerald H. Krockover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Even though we like to equate a college education with a good job, we are finding that while this was once true, it is not true for the graduates of the mid l 970's. In 1973, for example, 18 percent of the graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences at one Big Ten university who did not go on to graduate school were still unemployed six months after graduation and almost as many were working as secretaries, clerks, laborers, factory workers, and janitors. Ten years ago fewer than 500,000 bachelor's degrees were awarded in the United States and there …

Keeping Up With The Sun, David R. Duncan, Bonnie H. Litwiller

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

While flying from Minneapolis to a convention on the west coast we observed that it was becoming dark outside even though we took off in daylight and were flying west toward the sun. We asked ourselves the question, "How fast should we be flying to 'keep up with the sun'?"

A Brief Look At Individualized Instruction, James L. Kelly

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

If one examines the terminology that is a part of education today, it becomes evident that the teacher is responsible for more than factual presentations. Accountability, humanism, credibility, and personalization are just a few of the new terms being applied to the teachers working vocabulary. All teachers, including science teachers, are constantly being asked to meet the needs of all their students, not just a selected few. This is especially true now, since nationwide science class enrollments are declining. Individualized instruction is a part of the new terminology and, in a limited amount of space, it is also the topic …

Come To The Health Fair, Owen Primavera

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

During the spring of 1975 the Milford High School Science Club planned to sponsor a Health Fair which would involve free medical services for the community. The fair was preceded by a health survey which attempted to administer a questionnaire to all residents of Milford, Iowa. The object of the survey was to determine the immunization status of the community in order to assess the need for conducting a Health Fair.

Dragonfly Migration

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Migration of birds in the spring and fall is a well known phenomenon. However, migration of insects is not as well known except for a few spectacular examples such as that of the Monarch butterfly. Actually, quite a number of insects migrate and one easily observed migrant is the large Green Darner dragonfly (Anax junius).

Third Northeast Iowa Science And Engineering Fair

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Upper Iowa College will be host to the Northeast Iowa Science and Engineering Fair on March 26th and 27th.

In Defense Of Ambiguity, Eugene C. Bovee

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

If I recall correctly, one of the first adjectives I learned as a freshman in college was ambiguous. I do not remember looking it up in any dictionary when I learned it after the first mid-term tests. It was then enough for me to learn that if a professor's test-questions were deemed "ambiguous," I could excuse my failure to answer test-questions accurately and blame the professor for having hidden from me what I should have learned and understood. In my years since, as a professor, I find that the freshmen and upper classmen and even graduate students are still sophomoric …

How Much Do You Eat?, F. E. Deatherage

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Per capita consumption in the United States of selected foods and the number of organisms required annually to supply these foods.

Iowa Science Teachers Fall Conference, Marshalltown Community College, November 11, 1976

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa Science Teachers Fall Conference, Marshalltown Community College, November 11, 1976.