Public Understanding of Science

2008 Iowa Academy of Science Speakers Series at Saylorville Lake

The Academy sponsors a series of presentations at Saylorville Lake Visitor Center which are open to the public and free of charge. Find out more.

Position Papers

• IAS Statement on Biodiversity [.pdf]
• IAS Statement on Creationism as a Scientific Explanation of Natural Phenomena [.pdf]
• IAS Statement on Animal Rights [.pdf] and link to AAAS Statement on Use of Animals in Research [.pdf]
• IAS Statement on Psudoscience [.pdf]

Selected articles from the
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

• Reflections on Women Scientists and the Iowa Academy of Science
• History of Iowa Weather Studies
• Iowa Physics Through the Years [.pdf]
• History of Studies of Iowa Vascular Plants (coming soon)
• The Development of Archeology in Iowa: An Overview (coming soon)