Iowa Science Teaching Section (ISTS) Journal

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Future issues of the ISTS Journal will be published as a special section in the Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science.

The issues of the Iowa Science Teachers Journal (ISTJ) below were funded, in part, by the Iowa Math and Science Education Partnership (IMSEP).

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Volume 39, Issue 1; Winter 2012

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editors: Dr. Michael P. Clough, Jesse Wilcox

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Editorial

Article - Observing Spiders

Article - Reading Science

Article - Comparing Iowa Physics Teachers

Article - Black Box Activity

Volume 38, Issue 3: Fall 2011

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editors: Dr. Michael P. Clough, Jesse Wilcox

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Editorial

Article - A Higher Standard

Article - A Better Road

Article - Trouble with Grading

Article - One Big Bite

Volume 38, Issue 2: Spring 2011

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - All Bottled Up

Editorial

Article - Learning under Pressure

Article - Wiggling Worms

Article - The Buds and the Bees

Volume 38, Issue 1: Winter 2011

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - How Do You Mass What You Cannot See?

Editorial

Article - Growing Minds

Article - Cloudy Judgement

Article - One Touchy Topic

Volume 37, Issue 3: Fall 2010

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - A Balancing Act

Editorial

Article - Pulling Students In

Article - Thinking on Paper

Article - How Does Water Become Polluted?

Volume 37, Issue 2: Spring 2010

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Keeping it Green

Editorial

Article - Temperature Rising

Article - Exploring the Depths

Article - Off to a Spinning Start

Volume 37, Issue 1: Winter 2010

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - The Plot Thickens

Editorial

Article - Into the Swing of Things

The Price of Inquiry

Article - Impact!

Volume 36, Issue 3: Fall 2009

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Nuts about Inquiry

Editorial

heavy Metal

Article - Divide & Conquer

Earthwatch Expedition

Volume 36, Issue 2: Spring 2009

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Responding to the Environment

Editorial

Article - Stepping Stones

Article - Heating Up the Classroom

Article - Wow? DNA in My Food?

Article - Addendum - Kicking the Tires of Natural Selection

Volume 36, Issue 1: Winter 2009

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Simple Machines

Editorial

Article - Weaving the Web of Inquiry

Article - Why Charlie Darwin Matters more than ever

Article - Investigating Solutions through Inquiry

Volume 35, Issue 3: Fall 2008

Editor: Dr. Jerrid Kruse

Associate Editor: Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Eyes on your Classroom

Editorial

Article - Are Questions Enough?

Article - Professional Development

Article - Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration

Volume 35, Issue 2, Spring 2008

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Continuum

Editorial

Article - Integrating the Nature of Science

Article - Less is More

Article - Painting an Accurate Picture of the Nature of Science

Volume 35, Issue 1, Winter 2008

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Weapons of Mass Instruction

Editorial

Article - Density with Intensity

Article - Tracking Mass

Article - No Simple Matter

Volume 34, Issue 3, Fall 2007

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Associate Editor
Jerrid Kruse

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Beyond Bone Dry Memorization

Editorial

Article - On Cloud 9

Article - Rock On!

Article - How are we Stacking Up?

Volume 34, Issue 2, Spring 2007

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Associate Editor
Jerrid Kruse

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Can a Bird Build-a-Beak?

Editorial

Article - When Molecular Worlds Collide

Article - Kiloclips and Millipens

Article - The Ground We Walk On

Volume 34, Issue 1, Winter 2007

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Associate Editor
Jerrid Kruse

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - A Summer of Science

Editorial

Article - DNA: Modeling Structure and Function

Article - It's Alive! I Think...

Colorful Geology

Volume 33, Issue 3, Fall 2006

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Articles - Rounding up Student's Conceptions on Circular Motion

Editorial

Articles - Revving it Up!

Article - Winging It

Articles - Circuits without Wires?

Volume 33, Issue 2, Spring 2006

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Making a Splash!

Editorial

Article - Zoology Teams in Action

Article - Knowledge vs. Understanding

Article - The Unknown Factor

Volume 33, Issue 1, Winter 2006

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - Rethinking the Roller Coaster

Editorial

Article - Colorblindness

Article - Every Learner Inquires

Article - The Helping Hand

Volume 32, Issue 3, Fall 2005

Editor
Dr. Michael P. Clough

Managing Editor
Joe Taylor

Table of Contents

Article - A Penny Saved is a Penny Learned!

Editorial

Article - Introducing Students to Polar and non-Polar Interactions through Inquiry

Article - Lights, Camera, Inquiry!

Article - Days of our Spineless Lives

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