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Upstep Summer Conference Provides Means Of Making Curriculum Improvements, Tony Heiting

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The UPSTEP Summer Conference for Science Curriculum Innovation and Leadership is an opportunity for teachers to work with others to make their teaching environment more effective.

Scholarship Winners - Hawkeye Science Fair - 1974

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

First place winner in the biological sciences category was Dean Loven, Senior High School, Newton, for "A Study of the Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma in CF -1 Mice."

First place winner in the physical sciences category was Randy Stalzer, Garrigan High School, Algona, for "The CO2 Laser."

Second place winner in biological science, Patricia Strautman, Kuemper High School, Carroll.

Second place winner in physical science, Marc Johnson, Community High School, St. Ansgar.

Third place winner in biological science was Diane M. Rusley, Community High School, Lake Mills.

Third place winner in physical science, Tim Hanusa, Abraham Lincoln High School, Council Bluffs.

85th Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 27-28, 1973, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

No abstract provided.

Abstracts Of Papers Presented At The 85th Session Of The Iowa Academy Of Science, April 27-28, 1973, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

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

Future Volumes Of Istj

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Publications Committee of IAS has approved a plan for enlarging future volumes of ISTJ. This issue will be the last of Volume 10 and the last with the current newsletter format.

Student Programs

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Junior Academy of Science sponsored by the Iowa Academy of Science with additional support in terms of funds and personnel provided by Project ASSIST and the University of Iowa are sponsoring and coordinating a variety of elementary and secondary programs this fall.

How Can I Make The Students See The Relevance Of This Idea? Why Do They Want? How Can I Make My Subject Come Alive?, Robert Hammon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Working from the belief that the classroom atmosphere with its four walls is stifling to student creativity and curiosity, these instructors designed a program which would be basically an ecological study, with emphasis in three areas: social science, literature/communication, and natural sciences.

Army Junior Science, Engineering And Humanities Symposium, Anne Marie Herman

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Do a research project, explore it, put time, hard work, and study into it and numerous rewards come about. Especially for six Iowa students selected to go to the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held at West Point Academy, New York, May 9-12, 1973. The six students who represented Iowa at the Symposium were: Paul Sugg, Knoxville Sr. High School; Kevin Baker, Spirit Lake High School; Joe Depenbusch, Emmetsburg Comm. High School; Anne Marie Herman, Sigourney Comm. High School; Bruce Luxon, West Waterloo High School; and Gordon Waite, Maquoketa Senior High School.

Know Your Ijas Leadership Team

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Junior Academy of Science is a statewide organization which sponsors programs for students and assists in coordinating other activities within the State of Iowa during the year. The three specific areas of emphasis include research, field programs and community betterment projects.

Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp, Sherman Lundy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A little over a year ago in the spring of 1972, the Des Moines County Environmental Conservation Education Committee (ECEC) conducted a conservation education needs assessment of teachers in Des Moines County. From several discuss ions, it was decided a workshop in conservation education would be of great benefit to the area teachers.

Milbert Krohn, 1927-1973, Paul Joslin

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A personal reflection on the passing of Milbert Krohn.

Ists Workshops And Projected Programs, Don Murphy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

There has been a concerted effort on the part of the executive committee of ISTS to reestablish regional workshops for science teachers.

Why Accountability?, Marvin J. Christensen

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

There is growing clamor from all sectors of the public to “make schools accountable” for the results of their educational programs. This emphasis comes from governmental agencies A at all levels. Federal funding agencies have long required that proposals for grants must include specification of the means by which the effect of the planned program can be measured.

Secondary Teacher Education: Where We Are Going At The University Of Iowa, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In September of 1970 a grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation to the Science Education Center at the University of Iowa for the development of pre-service programs for teachers of secondary school science. The program was called Iowa-UPSTEP, (Undergraduate Pre-Service Teacher Education Program). The rationale for this program and a report of its progress is a response to "Where We Are Going" at the University of Iowa.

Project Assist Regional Coordinators

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Twenty-four science educators representing seventeen regional centers throughout the state have been identified as Regional Coordinators for Project ASSIST. In addition, one educator, who is presently a member of the Instructional Resource Team (IRT) in the Iowa City Community School District, will be involved as well. The names and addresses of these coordinators are as follows.

Notes From The Dpi

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A list from the Iowa Department of Public Instruction of dates for upcoming meetings and workshops.

School-Community Environmental Improvement Project: A Model For Implementing Change, Charles L. Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Historically, schools have been passive in their roles in helping to facilitate change hence improvement in society. This is a paradox when we consider that schools, and the communities they serve, need major visions.

Duluth Scientific Incorporated Grant

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A grant of $2,825 to the University of Wisconsin-Superior for support of a 1973 summer session Physics Project in Digital Electronics has been announced by Jack W. Sheriff, President of Duluth Scientific, Incorporated.

1973 Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Nature trail planning outdoor laboratory use, field trips, and study of man's management of his resources and environment will be part of the program for this year's Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp.

Eleventh Annual Iowa Junior Science, Engineering Humanities Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

About 300 high school science students and forty science teachers gathered in Iowa City for the Eleventh Annual Iowa Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium held in conjunction with the Annual Iowa Junior Academy of Science State Meeting. The three-day symposium was entitled, “Mankind, Science, and Tomorrow."

Organizational Meeting For The Proposed Iowa College Biology Teachers Association

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A meeting involving all college biology teachers throughout the State of Iowa will take place during the Iowa Academy of Science meeting to be held April 27-28 at Grinnell College. The primary aim of this particular meeting will be to discuss plans for formulating a statewide College Biology Teachers' Association.

Project Assist: A Structure For Decision Making Process

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The united effort of educators in the state of Iowa is of primary importance toward the improvement of science education in our schools. To facilitate the efforts a systematic approach in the decision making process is essential. The interest of the local communities, the school districts, and the regional centers are brought to the attention of the administrative staff through the executive committee and the advisory committees.

Project Assist: Recent Happenings

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As the coordinators from the sixteen Project ASSIST centers prepare for their first formal meeting in Des Moines, February 25 and 26, it may be appropriate to consider the parameters for this pilot year. There are five areas of activity - each headed by a state coordinator --, working with a regional coordinator and associated staff in the sixteen centers.

Calendar Events For Project Assist

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Project ASSIST, a statewide improvement concept for Iowa, is in operation. Several have made inquiries concerning the chronology of past events and the goals for the immediate future. The following outline is offered as a response to such inquiries and for the general information of others interested in science education in Iowa.

Computer Science Fair For High School Students

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

High school students - including June, 1973 graduates - principally in but not restricted to the Greater New York area, are invited to submit projects for possible exhibition at the first national conference of those American professional societies that are strongly involved with computing.

Happening This Summer

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chemistry (IAC) Summer Happening is scheduled to begin again June 25th.

Set Eastern Iowa Science Fair

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Robert Ernst, member of the Kirkwood Community College science faculty and chairman of the project, has announced the 1973 Eastern Iowa Science Fair will be held March 31 and April 1 in Washington High School in Cedar Rapids.

Student Evaluation And Environmental Studies Meeting

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Prairie College Community, Joint County (Area X), Linn County Area Science Educators, and the Iowa Science Teachers Section of the Iowa Academy of Science are co-sponsoring a meeting concerning student evaluation and environmental studies.

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal Publication Information; Iowa Science Teachers Section Officers And Regional Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

No abstract provided.

The Decline Of Natural Resources And The Decline Of Reason: A Model For Thought Provocation, Charles L. Frederick

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Contrasting two basic premises, that of natural resources and their decline and Abraham Maslow's concept of human needs, man is perhaps destined to the fate of becoming less than what might be considered a rational man.