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Secondary Science Training Program Enrichment For High School Students, Edward L. Pizzini Jan 1973

Secondary Science Training Program Enrichment For High School Students, Edward L. Pizzini

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

We live in an environment where the success of many educational programs are directly proportional to the amount of external funds appropriated. When federal funding for a program dries up, unfortunately, the program may come to an end. This end is in sight for many of the Secondary Science Training Programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation throughout the nation. However, at the University of Iowa, the SSTP programs are i n t he process of expanding beyond a firm foundation.


Free Materials Jan 1973

Free Materials

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Science Education Center at the University of Iowa is now making a number of printed teaching aids available to science teachers.


Winter Ecology In Action Jan 1973

Winter Ecology In Action

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Over sixty students and teachers were actively involved in the IJAS sponsored Winter Field Survey at Springbrook State Park. The Field Survey was coordinated by Frank Starr, Field Program Director of IJAS, and Dr. Eugene Brady from Perry Community High School.


Stom Meets Jan 1973

Stom Meets

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Science Teachers of Missouri's spring meeting will be held at Northeastern Missouri State University (Kirksville) May 18-20.


Some Reasons For Not Working Toward A Humanistic System Jan 1973

Some Reasons For Not Working Toward A Humanistic System

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

There is only one acceptable excuse for not changing: If you really are comfortable with what you are doing and if your students tell you they are really comfortable, then don't change. Ask your students and see how they feel. If you say you'd like to change but can't for any of the reasons above, you're copping out!


Geology Of Iowa Filmstrips Available, Wayne I. Anderson Jan 1973

Geology Of Iowa Filmstrips Available, Wayne I. Anderson

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Geological Society of Iowa, in cooperation with the Iowa Geological Survey, has developed and produced three filmstrips dealing with the geology of Iowa.


Free Teaching Material Jan 1973

Free Teaching Material

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Single copies of the following publications will be sent free to teachers upon request for a specific title.


Uni Fall Symposium Jan 1973

Uni Fall Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

On November 1 and 2, the University of Northern Iowa will host their annual fall research symposium. The theme is Science and Survival.


Project Assist: A Plan Of Action, Daniel S. Sheldon Jan 1973

Project Assist: A Plan Of Action, Daniel S. Sheldon

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A plan of action to improve mathematics, social science, and science education has emerged as a result of over two years of meetings and planning conferences with school personnel representing all academic levels of education in Iowa. In addition, a seven-week Leadership Development Conference (LDC) was held this summer at The University of Iowa involving the regional coordinators and many of their "team" chairmen representing one of the various emphases of Project ASSIST, i.e., in-service and pre-service programs, community involvement, assessment, and student programs. Seventeen coordinators and over thirty program chairmen participated in the LDC.


Tribute To Milbert Krohn, Gary E. Downs, Donald E. Murphy Jan 1973

Tribute To Milbert Krohn, Gary E. Downs, Donald E. Murphy

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

It is our humble honor to prepare a tribute to Milbert Krohn. Milt was an excellent teacher, leader and a very dear friend to many, many educators in Iowa and across the country.


University Of Iowa Upstep Summer Institute Jan 1973

University Of Iowa Upstep Summer Institute

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

UPSTEP is an activity sponsored by the National Science Foundation to explore new and more effective ways of preparing persons to become highly qualified and competent teachers of science.


Physics Teachers Jan 1973

Physics Teachers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The spring meeting of the Iowa section of the American Association of Physics Teachers will be held at Grinnell College.


Teaching For Affective Learning, Gary E. Downs Jan 1973

Teaching For Affective Learning, Gary E. Downs

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

During the last ten years, many innovations have been aimed at reconstructing science education from kindergarten through high school. These efforts have produced more up- to-date information which was supposed to reflect more nearly the scientific enterprise as it is today. Gallagher (1971) contends that the course-content improvement projects have failed to show this, and they have failed to show that science is a significant cultural force.


Biology Convention Offers Something For Everyone Jan 1973

Biology Convention Offers Something For Everyone

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

"Competitive Ideas in Biology" marks the theme of the 1973 National Association of Biology Teachers Convention to be held October 11-14 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis.


Did You Know About Our Activity?, Milbert Krohn Jan 1972

Did You Know About Our Activity?, Milbert Krohn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Iowa Science Teachers is sponsoring the following activities for science teachers of Iowa.


Information Needed, Milbert Krohn Jan 1972

Information Needed, Milbert Krohn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

One of the current fads spreading through the schools of Iowa is the attention being given to mysticism. The science teacher can do a great deal to give the youth of our schools the proper attitude to deal with the technics of the occult. One of the sessions of the Science Teaching Section of the spring meeting of the Iowa Academy will be related to dealing with the problems of the occult.


Metric Maxims Jan 1972

Metric Maxims

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A list of familiar maxims substituted with metric units.


Nsta To Interpret Naep Science Findings - A First Jan 1972

Nsta To Interpret Naep Science Findings - A First

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The first in-depth interpretation of National Assessment findings is being carried out by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). A representative study team of scientists and science educators will attempt to answer the question: “NAEP findings in Science: what do they mean?”


Winter Ecology And Nature Study, Floyd Sandford Jan 1972

Winter Ecology And Nature Study, Floyd Sandford

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will be offering a course "Winter Ecology and Nature Study" at the Conservation Education Center, Iowa Conservation Commission, Guthrie Center, Iowa from January 5, 1973 to January 25, 1973.


In-Service Institute In Environmental Science At Uni Jan 1972

In-Service Institute In Environmental Science At Uni

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A course entitled "Environmental Applications of Physics" will be offered at the University of Northern Iowa during the 1973 spring semester under a grant from the National Science Foundation.


A New Approach To The Training Of Chemistry / Physics Teachers, Kenneth E. Borst Jan 1972

A New Approach To The Training Of Chemistry / Physics Teachers, Kenneth E. Borst

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In 1950, during my first week as a junior high school science teacher, it became apparent to me that my training to become such a teacher was almost a complete waste of time. I have also observed that there has been very little effort on the part of colleges to change the situation.


Journal Articles Welcomed Jan 1972

Journal Articles Welcomed

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Iowa science teachers are requested to submit teaching tips, notices of events, or anything that would be of interest to other science educators.


Continued N.S.F. Support For Summer Institute At The University Of Iowa Jan 1972

Continued N.S.F. Support For Summer Institute At The University Of Iowa

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Word has been received from the National Science Foundation that the Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Summer Institute has been funded for another year.


New Istj Format, Robert E. Yeager Jan 1972

New Istj Format, Robert E. Yeager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The financial problems of the Iowa Academy of Science caused the Board of Directors to approve a budget for 1972-73 which decreased the support for the Iowa Science Teachers' Journal by nearly two-thirds. As a result of this austerity program it was necessary to alter the format, size and printing for Volume 9, No. 4 of the Journal. Several alternatives were considered before the ISTJ editorial board recommended a new format to the IAS Publication Committee. This issue represents the recommended and approved format which will characterize the next three issues of Volume 10 as well.


Project Assist: A Status Report, Robert E. Yager Jan 1972

Project Assist: A Status Report, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Project ASSIST (Alternatives for Schools of the Seventies for Improvement of Science Teaching) is a concept for statewide improvement of science education in Iowa. Science is broadly conceived to include mathematics, physical sciences, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, and social sciences. Cooperation among the various agencies and persons involved with education is central to the Project ASSIST concept.


The American Museum Of Natural History Release: Mummy X-Rays Give Medical Histories Of Egyptian Pharaohs Jan 1972

The American Museum Of Natural History Release: Mummy X-Rays Give Medical Histories Of Egyptian Pharaohs

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

By X-raying mummies, a professor of dentistry at the University of Michigan and an egyptologist from the Metropolitan Museum of Art have discovered that the royal rulers of ancient Egypt were prone to many of the same diseases and afflictions that plague modern man.


Given: The Chance, Claire Marie Patik Jan 1972

Given: The Chance, Claire Marie Patik

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This paper presents some practical suggestions for motivating the "educationally uninvolved" student on the one hand, and challenging the intellectually gifted student on the other. Teacher-planned, but student-oriented and directed, three courses geared to the pace of the individual student, are described. The net result of two of these courses as approached the past two years, is a reason- able degree of success leading to a strong acceptance on the part of the author of the basic philosophy of "Schools Without Failure.“ The third is a new plan to be introduced in the author's school in the fall of 1971.


National Science Foundation News: Nsf Expands Studies Of National Science Computer Network Jan 1972

National Science Foundation News: Nsf Expands Studies Of National Science Computer Network

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A National Science Computer Network that would link scientists, engineers, and educators at both small colleges and major universities, non-profit organizations, government, and in industry, with advanced computer resources is being studied by the National Science Foundation.


National Science Foundation News: Nsf Established R&D Incentives, Assessment Offices; Smith And Lederman Appointed Directors Jan 1972

National Science Foundation News: Nsf Established R&D Incentives, Assessment Offices; Smith And Lederman Appointed Directors

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Director of the National Science Foundation, today helped implement President's Nixon's call for new actions and relationships to enhance research and development in the United States by establishing the Office of Experimental R&D Incentives and the National R&D Assessment Program Office.


University Of Wisconsin News Jan 1972

University Of Wisconsin News

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Scientists tend to be cold, unemotional people. They cannot appreciate the beauty of nature, and scientific truths once established never change--true or false? These are a few of the popular stereotypes a recent University of Wisconsin-Madison survey tested.