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Science News - Newsletter Available On Earth Science Education
Science News - Newsletter Available On Earth Science Education
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Geological Institute recently began offering an earth science newsletter to interested educators. The Earth Science Education Connection newsletter is a networking tool designed to share information with the diverse and increasing number of individuals and organizations interested in earth science.
A Survey Of School/Business Partnerships, Edward Bryan Roberts
A Survey Of School/Business Partnerships, Edward Bryan Roberts
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Good science teachers enrich their classes in a variety of ways with creative use of media and hands-on laboratory exercises. They also use community resources successfully to stimulate student interest (traditionally in the form of field trips and guest speakers). An extension of this idea is for educators to create an alliance or partnership with a business or other organization. The goals of the survey reported here were to discover the thoughts of people with an interest in partnerships or alliances and for the Iowa Alliance for Science to use this information to help facilitate partnerships.
Microscale Cartesian Diver Activities, John J. Mauch
Microscale Cartesian Diver Activities, John J. Mauch
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Because air has weight, it exerts pressure. The air in a room can weigh as much as 100 kilograms, which is the weight of a large person. Air can also be compressed into small containers, such as those used by underwater divers. Teachers can construct several toys called Cartesian divers which will rise and fall exactly as a diving bell does. The toys are called "Cartesian" because the principle of moving diving machines by air pressure was first explained by Rene Descartes, a 16th century mathematician. This exercise is divided up into four parts: "A Cartesian Retriever," "The Cartesian Helicopter," …
Science Notes - Program For Leadership In Earth Systems Education Workshops
Science Notes - Program For Leadership In Earth Systems Education Workshops
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Program for Leadership in Earth Systems Education (PLESE) has announced its 1992 Summer Workshop program. The program will serve groups of teachers at two sites, Ohio State University in Columbus and the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.
Earthworm Day, Kenneth W. Thompson, Deborah K. Thompson
Earthworm Day, Kenneth W. Thompson, Deborah K. Thompson
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Using live animals in the elementary science classroom fosters enthusiasm and encourages curiosity. The earthworms discussed in this article, commonly called night crawlers, are easy to find in Iowa in moist garden soil or around lawns. Earthworms are often used as fishing bait and, because of this, are readily available at reasonable prices from commercial bait dealers or backyard entrepreneurs. Besides their availability and low cost, earthworms are relatively hardy and easily handled by elementary students. For these reasons, and because of the very important role earthworms play in the environment, they were selected to be the focus of the …
Science Notes - Resources For Earth Science Teachers 1991, Jonna M. Higgins
Science Notes - Resources For Earth Science Teachers 1991, Jonna M. Higgins
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Geological Institute is offering educators a free listing of available materials titled "Resources for Earth Science Teachers 1991."
Back Matter; Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Science Notes - Tall Grass Moon Workshop
Science Notes - Tall Grass Moon Workshop
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Tall Grass Moon environmental education workshop for teachers, naturalists and environmental educators will be held August 9-11 at the Conservation Education Center near Guthrie Center, Iowa.
Science Notes - Review: Simearth, Software For Planet Management, James J. Hungerford
Science Notes - Review: Simearth, Software For Planet Management, James J. Hungerford
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Recently, I had the opportunity to review a computer program produced by MAXIS called "SimEarth." The program simulates many different aspects of a planet, including climate, evolution, atmospheric composition and civilization. The user designs, modifies, manages and nurtures a planet from creation through the formation of oceans, appearance of life, evolution and development of intelligence and a level of technology that can look beyond the planet to space. Inspired by James Lovelock's GAIA hypothesis, Sim Earth simulates the Earth as a living organism.
Science Notes - Review: Pollution: Problems And Concerns, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Science Notes - Review: Pollution: Problems And Concerns, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Pollution: Problems and Solutions is a recent addition to Ranger Rick's Nature Scope series. The topic of pollution is a very broad one to be dealt with in the 84 pages of this guide. Major sections deal with solid and hazardous waste materials, air pollution and water pollution.
Science Notes - Red Lobster Nutrition Education Program
Science Notes - Red Lobster Nutrition Education Program
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Red Lobster Corporation is offering a special nutrition packet to educators free of charge. "Treasures from the Deep--Seafood for Health's Sake" is a classroom learning kit designed to help students become more aware of their bodies' nutritional needs and the benefits of seafood.
Science Notes - American Geological Institute Offers Careers Brochure, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - American Geological Institute Offers Careers Brochure, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The American Geological Institute (in cooperation with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Geological Society of America) is offering its brochure titled Careers in the Geosciences free of charge to interested educators.
Science Notes - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Offers Booklet On Greenhouse Effect, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Offers Booklet On Greenhouse Effect, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center is offering its booklet titled "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect" free of charge to interested educators.
Science Notes - Fire Ecology Package Available From National Park Service, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Fire Ecology Package Available From National Park Service, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The National Park Service has recently made available a teachers' kit on fire ecology titled "Getting to Know Wildland Fire." The kit was developed for elementary school use in response to the interest in wildland fires generated by the 1988 fires at Yellowstone National Park.
Science Notes - General Mills Sponsors Nutrition Newsletter
Science Notes - General Mills Sponsors Nutrition Newsletter
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
General Mills, Inc., has implemented a series of "nutrition update" newsletters specifically designed for health professionals. The newsletter, titled Contemporary Nutrition, is distributed free to physicians, dentists, nurses, dietitians, food technologists, educators, students and other health professionals ten times each year.
Rain Forest Poem, Ryan Bainbridge
Two Simple Exponential Decay Experiments, John W. Zwart, Carl Fictorie, Michael Hubers
Two Simple Exponential Decay Experiments, John W. Zwart, Carl Fictorie, Michael Hubers
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
When trying to teach a wide variety of experimental analysis techniques on a tight budget, teachers often have difficulty finding hands-on experiments which illustrate exponential decay and provide for the teaching of semi-log plotting skills. The authors have developed the following inexpensive and easy-to-implement experiments to meet that need.
Science Notes - 1992 Polymer Science Teaching Awards, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - 1992 Polymer Science Teaching Awards, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Polymer Education Committee (POLYED) of the American Chemical Society is seeking applications for the 1992 Polymer Teaching Awards.
The Iowa Aea Middle School Science Project - Sleds, Dean Hartman, Rollin Bannow
The Iowa Aea Middle School Science Project - Sleds, Dean Hartman, Rollin Bannow
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A resource of over 300 science activities is now available to Iowa science teachers from the Iowa AEA Middle School Science Project electronic bulletin board. It is the result of a report from a 1984 task force commissioned by the Iowa Department of Education to assess the needs of science education in Iowa. The task force identified the grades four through nine as those with the greatest need. Specifically identified was a need for user-friendly teaching materials that emphasized a "hands-on/minds-on" approach to science. Too large a portion of the science taught in these grades was based primarily on a …
Science Notes - Eagle Watching Tours, Jonna M. Higgins
Science Notes - Eagle Watching Tours, Jonna M. Higgins
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau will help individuals or organizations make arrangements to watch the bald eagles that can be seen around the locks and dams in the area from mid-December through February.
Science Notes - Iowa Junior Science And Humanities Symposium
Science Notes - Iowa Junior Science And Humanities Symposium
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The University of Iowa is announcing the 30th annual Iowa Junior Science and Humanities Symposium to be held February 21 and 22, 1992. Approximately 200 students and 40 teachers will be invited to interact with renowned scientists and professors on present and future issues concerning our science-based society. In addition, the statewide symposium will enable 16 student presenters to share their research endeavors and compete for the opportunity to be one of five finalists invited, all expenses paid, to attend the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. There the top finalist will present his or her report and compete for …
Science Notes - Peace Corps Seeks Math And Science Teachers
Science Notes - Peace Corps Seeks Math And Science Teachers
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Peace Corps is currently searching for math and science teachers for departures in 1991 and 1992 into overseas assignments. Programs are for two years teaching in secondary schools in Africa, or for other possible assignments in countries throughout the world.
Science Notes - Duracell Nsta Scholarship Competition, Stephanie A. Althof
Science Notes - Duracell Nsta Scholarship Competition, Stephanie A. Althof
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Students wishing to compete for $30,000 in scholarships may enter the 1992 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 an opportunity to win up to $10,000 in college scholarships.
Editor's Corner - Cuts, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Editor's Corner - Cuts, Carl W. Bollwinkel
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Everyone, or almost everyone, reading this editorial has experienced the effect of state budget cuts within the past year. All Iowans have directly or indirectly been affected. Most readers of this journal are Iowa educators who have felt the impact in their daily efforts to educate children. Those of us in higher education have been editorially described as working in a "university disaster area." Degree-required classes are not offered to students, offices operate without secretaries, buildings go without repairs and, it would seem, there is not even enough money to pay someone to clean the floors. The cuts are both …
Editorial Office & Staff; Officers, Iowa Academy Of Science; Executive Board & Regional Directors, Iowa Science Teachers Section
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
No abstract provided.
Science Notes - Nsf Sponsors Oceanography Summer Program, Paul D. Jones
Science Notes - Nsf Sponsors Oceanography Summer Program, Paul D. Jones
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Are you interested in an NSF-sponsored oceanography summer program in Massachusetts combining three weeks of intensive study with a two week "final exam" at sea? If you are, Sea Experience may be the program for you. Classrooms on land are located in a picturesque setting just outside Woods Hole, Massachusetts, while the tall-masted 134-foot S.S.V. Corwith Cramer provides the setting for the final weeks of study.
Science Notes - Marshland Magic Workshops, Jonna M. Higgins
Science Notes - Marshland Magic Workshops, Jonna M. Higgins
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
A "Marshland Magic" workshop will be held July 17-19, 1992, to provide an opportunity for educators and their families to explore the origin, history and ecology of wetlands, as well as opportunities for and effects of human interactions with them. The workshop and campsite will be based at Cooper's Cove, but activities will take place throughout Pocahontas County. Graduate credit is available from Morningside College, and the Arrowhead AEA is offering staff development credit.
Science Notes - Summer Workshop For Astronomy Teachers
Science Notes - Summer Workshop For Astronomy Teachers
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Project SPICA (Support Program for Instructional Competency in America) will conduct another summer workshop for teachers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 29-August 16, 1992.
Science Notes - Chlorine Institute Offers Booklet, Jonna M. Higgins
Science Notes - Chlorine Institute Offers Booklet, Jonna M. Higgins
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
The Chlorine Institute is offering a booklet titled "Chlor-Alkali Chemicals and the Chlorine Institute" free to educators. The booklet discusses past and present uses of chlorine, as well as theoretical and practical information about commercial production and distribution of the chemical.