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Science Notes - Usnco Announces 1993 Program, Elizabeth B. Sharpe

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The United States National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) Subcommittee of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Education invites all interested high school teachers and their students to participate in the 1993 USNCO program. USNCO stimulates young people to achieve excellence in chemistry and recognizes the accomplishments of these students and teachers as well as the importance of the school environment in which they learn.

Science Notes - Scholarship Opportunity For High School Seniors, Amy L. Wall

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

University of Northern Iowa four-year scholarships in the fields of biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, industrial technology, mathematics and physics will be available to 1994 high school graduates.

Science Notes - Iowa Space Grant Consortium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Opportunities to participate in space-related projects and to receive assistance in learning more about space through grants and summer programs are now available for Iowa teachers and students. The Iowa Space Grant Consortium was established three years ago as part of NASA's National Space Grant College and Fellowship program. Its primary goal is to foster in Iowans an expanded interest in space and space-related fields.

Editor's Corner - The Country Club, Carl W. Bollwinkel

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Quigley, colleagues call him "Q" for short, has his full set of golf clubs out on the front lawn. He calls all that action ''practice swings." Certainly is a lot of air being moved . . . and a few divots. These practice · sessions on the front lawn are sort of a spring ritual that coincide with election time. They're a sure sign he's prepared to deliver commentary. "Well Quig, tell me, what is the main issue in this year's country club election?" "Glad you asked, Prof." (He always calls me Prof. That's short for professional. I spend much …

Astronomy Bulletin - The Night Sky: December 12, 1992 To February 15, 1993, Patrick Steven Leiker, Darrel B. Hoff

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Science Notes - Toyota/Nsta Tapestry Grants, Amy L. Wall

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Grants allowing teachers to implement innovative science projects are being offered by TAPESTRY (Toyota's Appreciation Program for Excellence to Science Teachers Reaching Youth).

Science Notes - Scholarships For Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The American Physical Society is offering $2500 scholarships to qualified African-American, Hispanic-American or Native American students who plan to major in physics. Applicants must be in their last year of high school or first or second year of college. Scholarship awards will be based on a review of each student's personal statement, references, transcripts and standardized test scores.

Science Notes - Applications Invited For Project Esteem

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Project ESTEEM (Earth Science Teachers Exploring Exemplary Materials) will hold another summer workshop for teachers at Harvard University's Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 5-23, 1993. The goal of Project ESTEEM is to develop a nation-wide network of earth-science resource agents to promote an increase in activity-based teaching in American schools. Thirty earth-science teachers from across the United States will be selected to participate.

Science Notes - Science Workshops For Teachers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A variety of workshops for teachers of all grade levels will be offered by the Institute for Chemical Education (ICE).

Science Notes - The Consumers' Handbook On Reducing Solid Waste, Amy L. Wall

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Consumer's Handbook on Reducing Solid Waste provides tips for reducing the amount of trash discarded, reusing containers and products, recycling packaging and paper and responding to growing concerns about waste disposal. The Handbook also has a two-page listing of other publications dealing with recycling.

Science Notes - Article Submission Requirements, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In an attempt to standardize the format for all articles, the Iowa Science Teachers Journal has established a set of author's guidelines.

Science Calendar

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Editor's Corner - Free And Inexpensive . . . But Not Cheap, Carl W. Bollwinkel

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

"Energy cannot be created ...it costs money to throw out the trash ... there is no such thing as a free lunch ... " Although we cherish the idea of receiving something for nothing, we find that energy costs, trash disposal costs and we cannot even get a truly free lunch from the book salesperson. Many professional journals carry a well-read feature devoted to "free and inexpensive" materials. If things truly are not free, perhaps our next best choice is inexpensive.

Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Cover - Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Astronomy Bulletin - The 1992 Summer Sky, P. Steven Leiker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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This Spud's For You!, Suzanne Zobrist Kelly

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Upper elementary students often seem to think that saving energy is limited to car pooling, turning off the lights when leaving a room and turning down the thermostat in the winter. Seldom do they consider energy as critical in the manufacturing, packaging, transporting, storing and distributing of products. Rarely is energy recognized as being involved in eating a sack of potato chips, buying fast-food carry-out French fries or preparing frozen hash-browned potatoes in the kitchen. Although my students list sources of energy as "electricity" or "fossil fuels,'' they often do not relate such sources to food production and marketing.

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Lakeside Laboratory: A Unique Learning Opportunity For Science Teachers, John Stiles

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In northwest Iowa, tucked away along the shores of West Lake Okoboji, is a unique biological research and teaching facility managed by the Iowa State Board of Regents. On a typical summer day, 60 or so researchers and students spend hours collecting data at a dozen sites in at least seven areas of research. Much of this activity goes unnoticed by the steady stream of vacationers driving or floating by who learn of this quiet place only by virtue of a wrong tum or an overheard conversation.

Science Notes - Mammal Slide Library Offers Correction, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The American Society of Mammalogists wishes to correct information previously published in journals other than the Iowa Science Teachers Journal.

Editor's Corner - The Other Two-Thirds

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As the decade of the nineties rolls on, it is becoming apparent that the "fad" for this era in our lifetime is environmental awareness. Nowhere is that awareness more evident than in the hundreds of tons of materials that are recycled by Americans each year. Unfortunately, recycling is only one-third of the effort necessary in the material reclamation equation. To be truly effective in our efforts to clean up solid waste and ease the burden on natural resources, we must remember the other two-thirds of the equation.

Editor's Corner - Last Thoughts, Stephanie A. Althof

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

It hardly seems possible that I have been the editorial assistant for the Iowa Science Teachers Journal for six years now. What seems even more impossible is the fact that I am leaving the Journal.

Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Science Notes - Excellence In Science And Mathematics Teaching Awards, Amy L. Wall

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The 1992 Iowa finalists for Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching have been announced. These individuals were nominated by colleagues on the basis of their teaching performance, experience, education and related professional activities.

Science Notes - Standardized Tests Negatively Impact Classroom Instruction

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Researchers from Boston College recently completed a three year, 1 million-dollar study sponsored by the National Science Foundation. They confirmed the belief that most standardized and textbook tests emphasize low-level thinking and knowledge and that they exert a profound, mostly negative effect on classroom instruction.

Science Notes - Science Teaching Awards, Jonna M. Higgins

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The National Science Teachers Association and Shell Oil Company will sponsor the Science Teaching Award for educators who have had a significant impact on their communities, schools and students of all backgrounds and abilities.

Bird Feeding, Bird Watching, Ed Harris

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

A year ago at Christmas time, I became seriously fascinated with watching birds at feeders while we were visiting our daughter in Shenandoah, Iowa. She had put out a small hanging feeder, and I spread some loose seed in the garden plot behind the house. With my binoculars, I watched for hours by the window, seeing the birds in minute detail, and I considered trying this when we got back home.

Science Notes - National Mole Day Foundation Offers Information

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Each year, the National Mole Day Foundation, designed to promote awareness of and enthusiasm for chemistry, organizes volunteers to collect, collate and distribute ideas that can be used to celebrate "Mole Day."

Science Notes - Molecular Biology Enrichment For Youth, Elizabeth B. Sharpe

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Molecular Biology Enrichment For Youth, a laboratory science program for students entering eighth or ninth grade, will be held June 19 through July 17, 1993, at Iowa State University.

Science Notes - Program For Women In Science And Engineering, Amy L. Wall

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

As a part of its Program for Women in Science and Engineering (PWSE), Iowa State University will host career conferences entitled ''Taking the Road Less Traveled." This program is for junior and senior high girls in Iowa. The 1993 conference for grades 9-12 will be on Thursday, March 25, and the conference for grades 6-9 will be on Saturday, April 17.

Science Notes - Duracell Nsta Scholarship Competition, Amy L. Wall

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Students wishing to compete for $30,000 in scholarships may enter the 1993 Duracell NSTA Scholarship Competition. Sponsored by Duracell U.S.A. and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, the competition offers students in grades nine through twelve have an opportunity to win up to $10,000 in college scholarships.