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News And Notes - Ista Members On Casmt Program At Detroit

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Several ISTA members will be a part of the program of the Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers meeting on November 27, 28, and 29, 1964, in Detroit.

The Iowa Science Teacher In 1935

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Two suggestions from the editor appeared in the May 1935 issue of The Iowa Science Teacher. They are reprinted here for your reaction.

Application For Membership; Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Determining The Force Of Friction In A Simple Machine, Joseph J. Snoble

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Too often a science unit on simple machines consists of a discussion of ideal mechanical advantage (I.M.A.) and actual mechanical advantage (A.M.A.) in pulley systems and inclined planes, without really emphasizing the role of friction.

"Live" Geology, Mary Isidore Rohan

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

How old is the earth? Where did it come from? How was it made? Junior high students are determined to solve all life's mysteries and therefore geology with its wealth of clues is a likely target for their curiosity. The earth sciences seem to hold an almost mystical fascination for the junior high age child possibly because the adolescent is beginning to realize he is part of the whole universe and not just of a family, and is using his powers of observation to see what this universe holds.

Frogs: Living Tools Of Science, Roger Volker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The lowly frog has long been the biologist's friend. As a small vertebrate available in large numbers, this amphibian has been made the high point of every biology class across the country, since the turn of the century.

News And Notes - New Members?

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

ISTA can still use more members! Have you done your job in locating one more professionally minded science teacher in Iowa?

News And Notes - Short-Course A Success

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

About 500 Iowa science teachers were involved with the ISU-ISTA Short-Course on March 6 and 7, 1964.

Review - Chemistry Problems, Floyd Sturtevant

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This is a source book for the above average chemistry student. The teacher of CHEM Study will find this an especially useful reference book.

Last Issue Of Volume One

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This April issue represents the last of volume one. The Board of Directors of the Iowa Academy of Science will be deciding the fate of the journal on April 15.

Cover - Journal Staff; Journal Information; Ista Officers

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Advertisements - Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Table Of Contents

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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High School Science Instructors Can Help With Elementary Science, Milbert H. Krohn

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Four years ago a number of questions were raised by the staff and administration at Spirit Lake. What is the nature of our science instruction at the elementary level? What capabilities do our staff have? What is needed to improve our elementary science program?

Can You Live With Your Teaching Assignment?, Rex T. Morrison

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

At the meeting of chemistry teachers interested in or teaching the CHEM Study course held at Roosevelt High School on December 7, 1963, concurrently with a meeting of biology teachers interested in BSCS and another meeting of PSSC Physics teachers, the problems of getting the new course more widely adopted were discussed.

Imagine - Chemistry In The Sixth Grade!, Helen W. Hawkins, Mildred L. Schultz

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The introduction of an organized science program in the elementary school has brought about a reorganization of the science offerings at the junior and high school levels. The background in science that is dev eloped at the elementary level has made it possible for the junior and senior high school science teachers to expand their programs. The problem that educators face is to determine what phases of science can be most effectively introduced in the elementary school.

Portable Darkroom, Richard F. Trump

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

If your lab lacks a photographic darkroom, here is a partial answer - a portable model that you can store under the demonstration table.

A Microscope Lamp, Roger Volker

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

9. a microscope

The beginning student in biology is faced with a number of difficulties in laboratory work, and many of these problems are related to his use of the microscope. Some students, even after a year or more of biology, still confess they have rarely seen what they were supposed to see through the microscope.

News And Notes - Annual Short Course For Science Teachers At Iowa State University Planned For March 1964

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Friday and Saturday, March 6th and 7th, are the dates for the 1964 annual Short Course for Science Teachers to be held at Iowa State University in collaboration with the Iowa Association of Science Teachers. The faculty for the short course will consist of both Iowa State staff members, and off-campus scientists and educators, including a number of outstanding high school science teachers.

News And Notes - Ista To Meet In Decorah

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

All ISTA members will want to make plans for attending our first meeting as a section of the Academy of Science.

News And Notes - Sci Space-Science Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The Science Department of the State College of Iowa wishes to announce that a Space-Science Symposium will convene on the campus on March 13 and 14, 1964. Science teachers of Iowa are invited to attend and are urged to bring their most interested high school student(s) of science.

News And Notes - Physics Teacher Recognition Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The American Association of Physics Teachers, with the support of the Carnegie Corporation, has developed a plan to give signal recognition and encouragement on a national basis to those high school teachers of physics who have outstanding competence in the subject they teach.

News And Notes - Iowa-U.S. Army Science Symposium

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Army Science Symposium The U.S. Army Research Office and the Rock Island (Illinois) Weapons Command will again support a science symposium on the University of Iowa campus April 9, 10, and 11, 1964.

News And Notes - Outstanding Biology Teacher Award Program

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

The committee for the selection of Iowa's Outstanding Biology Teacher for 1964 will begin evaluating candidates' applications on March 15, 1964.

News And Notes - Area Pssc Meeting At Roosevelt In Des Moines

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Since the PSSC physics program was introduced in 1957 the teachers using the PSSC materials have been meeting twice each year to report their progress, their success, and their difficulties.

News And Notes - Congratulations

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

William V. Houser, a science teacher at Roosevelt High, Des Moines, has been named the Iowa Teacher of the Year for 1964.

Review - Research Problems In Biology - Investigations For Students - Series 1 And 2, Robert E. Yager

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

These books now exist in a pocket book style. They are the "Biological Investigations" prepared by the BSCS groups. The investigations have been refined and are available in this commercial form. They are still of the high quality as expected when one considers that they are truly a research prospectus in the finest sense.

Advertisements - Back Cover

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

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Review - Vanishing Animals, Preserving Nature's Rarities, Jean Crane

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

This is a book that either scientist or non-scientist might read with interest and profit. Mr. Street covers a wide variety of animals from the great auk to the Komodo dragon.