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Open Letter To Science Teachers: Iowa Science, Engineering And Humanities Symposium, Ronald D. Townsend
Open Letter To Science Teachers: Iowa Science, Engineering And Humanities Symposium, Ronald D. Townsend
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Early in the 1971-72 academic year, letters describing the tenth annual Iowa Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium were sent to all high school science teachers in Iowa. Letters were also sent to schools in western Illinois that had participated in symposia in previous years. The letters delineated symposium activities such as: (1) renowned speakers presenting recent and future interactions between science and society; (2) visits to university research laboratories; ( 3) student papers on their own research projects; (4) personal interviews with professors to discuss future research and careers; (5) concurrent sessions with leading scientists presenting their present research endeavors; …
Secondary Science Training Programs - Enrichment For The High School Student (1972), Edward L. Pizzini
Secondary Science Training Programs - Enrichment For The High School Student (1972), Edward L. Pizzini
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Success was evident with the experimental 1971 SSTP at The University of Iowa. Eighty high-ability high school students, hailing from California to New York, participated in the programs at the Science Education Center.
Teachers Group Calls For Scientific Literacy
Teachers Group Calls For Scientific Literacy
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The nation's science teachers are proclaiming scientific literacy as the goal of their efforts for the 1970s. If they achieve this goal, the schools will be turning out people who are comfortable in science, understand its limitations and possibilities, can use it skillfully and intelligently, and who will continue its development.
Entropy, The Universe And Man, Peter H. Sweedy
Entropy, The Universe And Man, Peter H. Sweedy
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
"You can't unscramble an egg." This phrase and many others throughout literature are examples of what physicists have come to call entropy. The concept of entropy is unique because, unlike the conservation of momentum and the conservation of energy, there is no principle of conservation of entropy.
Students For Environmental Awareness (S.E.A.): A New Concept, Charles Frederick
Students For Environmental Awareness (S.E.A.): A New Concept, Charles Frederick
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
We live in a world which consists of many different ideas, cultures and institutions. This array of differences, although stimulating, should not be construed as being completely represented in the product, education.
Summary Of A 15-Month Biology Articulation Program Through Drake University, Everett Drevs
Summary Of A 15-Month Biology Articulation Program Through Drake University, Everett Drevs
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
During the summer of 1970, a five-day workshop was held at Drake to begin our 15-month articulation program. Discussion of textbooks and their merits and identification of lab manuals used was our first consideration. Many sessions were held on the criteria for evaluation of biology programs and facilities, with a rating scale for our use developed after discussions on ideal conditions.
A Not-So-Obvious Solution To The Black Beetle Puzzle
A Not-So-Obvious Solution To The Black Beetle Puzzle
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
True or false: Most desert animals whose life styles keep them out and around during the day are light in color because, as scientists know, light coloration reflects heat and desert animals would naturally evolve in that direction?
A Comparison Of Girls' Achievement In Unisexual And Bisexual Physics Classes, Robert L. Hare
A Comparison Of Girls' Achievement In Unisexual And Bisexual Physics Classes, Robert L. Hare
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A battle cry heard for the past few years is, "Why have physics enrollments not increased?" There have been many possible solutions to the problem, and many of them have had some success. For example, the Physical Science Study Committee and Harvard Project Physics have done much in creating interest in physics and thus have helped to increase physics enrollment. Also, the emphasis on laboratory experiences and the increase in audiovisual aids have contributed in making the physics classroom more enticing. It is the writer's opinion that a possible source of physics students might come from those of the female …
How Much Bang For The Buck?: Teaching Computer Systems Faces A Test
How Much Bang For The Buck?: Teaching Computer Systems Faces A Test
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A National Science Foundation release featuring PLATO, for Programmed Logic Applied to Teaching Operations. PLATO is now nearing the end of more than a decade of research and development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Lightning
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Lightning supposedly does not strike twice, but once is too much for the more than 100 humans and thousands of animals that die each year from lightning bolts. University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineer Theodore Bernstein told scientists gathered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference recently how electricity affects living things.
Group Independent Study: A Unique Approach To Undergraduate Research, James E. Privett
Group Independent Study: A Unique Approach To Undergraduate Research, James E. Privett
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Briar Cliff College has a program of independent study in the student's major field during the junior and senior years. In the past the program was used for library research projects and independent laboratory projects. In all cases the projects were truly independent, that is, separate projects for different students with no interconnections between projects. The investigator felt that it would be advantageous if all of the senior chemistry majors and some of the junior chemistry majors who felt ready for the experience would work on the same general research project but with each student studying just one aspect of …
Do Birds Have A Built-In Magnetic Direction Finder?
Do Birds Have A Built-In Magnetic Direction Finder?
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
How do birds find their way south in the fall? Some may have a built-in magnetic compass to help them find the way. At least there is an upsurge of scientific interest lately in the possibility that birds can orient themselves for their seasonal migrations by using the earth's magnetic field as a navigation aid.
Biological Specialty Teaching Materials
Biological Specialty Teaching Materials
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Teaching materials for biotechnicians will be developed for the American Institute of Biological Sciences Project BIOTECH during 1972-73, with emphasis to be placed on the following topic areas.
Seeking The Meaning Of The Missing Bones
Seeking The Meaning Of The Missing Bones
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
What a scientist doesn't find at an archeological dig can be just as important as what he does find, if he can figure out what is missing and why. The search for just such missing evidence and its meaning has set University of New Mexico archeologist Lewis R. Binford roaming Alaska's Brooks Range, interviewing Nunamiut Eskimos and exploring ancient Eskimo dwelling sites there.
Hunting Ddt In Small Birds: Migratory Fowl Could Be A Link Between Pesticides And Hawks, Falcons
Hunting Ddt In Small Birds: Migratory Fowl Could Be A Link Between Pesticides And Hawks, Falcons
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Migratory birds-vireos, buntings, warblers, catbirds, olive-backed thrushes and others-appear to be a way-station on the route of persistent pesticides up through the environment.
Inexpensive Materials
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A multicolored map from the National Earthquake Information Center shows which areas of the world can be considered earthquake prone.
Viewlex Introduces Mark Iia: A "Major" Planetarium At Low Cost
Viewlex Introduces Mark Iia: A "Major" Planetarium At Low Cost
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Planetariums Unlimited Division of Viewlex, Inc., has just introduced the new Mark IIA Planetarium. Offering the features of accuracy and flexibility of "major" capability planetariums at a fraction of the cost, the Mark IIA makes it possible for schools, colleges and museums to afford a sophisticated planetarium, which up to now they could not consider for economic reasons.
Science Education In The Elementary School: A Modern In-Service Offering, James P. Hale
Science Education In The Elementary School: A Modern In-Service Offering, James P. Hale
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In the past two years at The University of Iowa, we have developed an offering in science education for in-service elementary teachers which provides the elementary school teacher with both an empathy for science and some security with the process-oriented technique.
Science For The Educationally Uninvolved Student, Joe R. Moore
Science For The Educationally Uninvolved Student, Joe R. Moore
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
In looking at science in today's high schools, one can come up with the following statistics. There are approximately four million students at each grade level between grades nine to 12. In biology classes we find 1.85 million students, in chemistry about 1.25 million and in physics only .25 million students. Over half of these students are enrolled in terminal or "slow-track" science courses, where they are neglected or forgotten, taught by the beginning teacher in a non-lab-oriented classroom. Almost every high school has a science course where the so-called "slow-learners" have been placed. These courses may come under a …
10,000 High School Teachers To Study At Nsf Funded Summer Institutes
10,000 High School Teachers To Study At Nsf Funded Summer Institutes
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
High school teachers will study such subjects as ecology, environmental assessment, the population explosion and the nation's power needs and its impact on the environment at 1972 summer institutes supported by the National Science Foundation.
A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Team Approach And A Conventional Approach On Achievement In High School Biology, Paul Joslin, John Montean, John Schmitt
A Comparison Of The Effects Of A Team Approach And A Conventional Approach On Achievement In High School Biology, Paul Joslin, John Montean, John Schmitt
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
It is very easy to come by reports in support of almost any new practice in education. Teachers would rather report favorable results and journals would rather print them. It was the many published reports enumerating the advantages of team teaching that first interested us in a team teaching experiment. At the time we started in 1964, we summarized 141 publications with team teaching in their titles. There are only a limited number of advantages and disadvantages that can be hypothesized for any particular practice. It was not surprising, therefore, to find that recent reports tend to merely reassemble what …
What Is A.T.T.V. Biology?, Charles Frederick
What Is A.T.T.V. Biology?, Charles Frederick
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A.T.T.V. Biology (Audio-tutorial Television Biology) is an approach to teaching a subject which is paced by closed circuit educational television. The curriculum material of the course is divided into units of work (modules). Each module consists of one week's classroom activities. For each module there are objectives and learning experiences to be completed within that week. The module suggests the minimal work expected of the student, and the student works directly from the module guide. When the student has completed the minimal learning experiences, he is free to pursue additional activities that are listed in the module. This is where …
Rebuilding A Tornado To See What Makes It Tick
Rebuilding A Tornado To See What Makes It Tick
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Hurricanes can be studied from airplanes flown through them and from instruments located in their paths. But even if a meteorologist or engineer could predict the narrow path of a tornado, any instruments he might place in its path would be swept away by the force of the storm.
A Simple Machines Lab For Seventh Grade Students, Peter H. Sweedy
A Simple Machines Lab For Seventh Grade Students, Peter H. Sweedy
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Having taught physical science for two years at the high school level, my new assignment to teach seventh grade science was met with mixed emotions. I had heard that junior high students were very energetic (mostly for mischief) and were very limited in learning ability, due to a low reading level and a lack of mathematical skills. I know I had also wondered, like many of you in high school and college teaching, just why did high school age students have such poor concepts of motion, energy, light, sound and graph interpretation and use.
Nsf Awards $12 Million For Science Programs At Colleges And Universities
Nsf Awards $12 Million For Science Programs At Colleges And Universities
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Dr. William D. McElroy, Director of the National Science Foundation, recently announced the award of $11,975,407 to 628 colleges and universities to help them sustain their science programs.
A Learning Activity Package Approach To Junior High School Science, Jerry Cunningham, Ross Iverson
A Learning Activity Package Approach To Junior High School Science, Jerry Cunningham, Ross Iverson
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Our goals were to have a low-structured student centered program that made the best use of our physical facility, equipment, and teacher power. As a result, we formulated a design which included a format, procedures, and a set of materials. We feel that our design is adaptable to many situations and may provide some ideas for you. The courses we teach are exploratory. We hope to offer the student a wide variety of new experiences while developing a continuing interest in the study of science and a systematic approach to solving problems.
Mrs. Keithahn Receives Outstanding Service Award
Mrs. Keithahn Receives Outstanding Service Award
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Iowa Science Teacher's Section of the Iowa Academy of Science is proud to announce that Mrs. Lena Keithahn has been selected as this year's recipient of the Outstanding Service Award.
New Titles In Nsta How-To-Do-It Series
New Titles In Nsta How-To-Do-It Series
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A list of new titles in the NSTA How-to-Do-it Series.
What Did You Teach Today?, Marguerite Beecher, Willard Beecher
What Did You Teach Today?, Marguerite Beecher, Willard Beecher
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
An excerpt from Parents on the Run, by Marguerite and Willard Beecher.