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Public Understanding of Science

The Iowa Academy of Science National Wildlife Refuge Audio Series

IAS Scientists and Science Educators came together to develop a series of audio downloads about the ecology, geology and conservation history of Iowa's National Wildlife Refuges.

Click here to visit the IAS National Wildlife Refuge Audio Series and learn more about Iowa's conservation history.

 

2009 Iowa Academy of Science Speakers Series at Saylorville Lake

The Academy began the speaker series in 2008 and is pleased to offer the 2009 Speaker Series at Saylorville Lake. All presentations are free and open to the public.

The Loess Hills - Iowa's Western "Mountains"
Saturday, September 5th, 2:00 p.m.
Thomas Rosburg, Associate Professor of Biology, Drake University

Fossil Birds of Iowa
Saturday, September 19th, 2:00 p.m.
Katherine McCarville, Assistant Professor, Division of Science and Mathematics, Upper Iowa University

Scientific Discoveries of Lewis and Clark along the Western Iowa Border
Saturday, September 26th, 2:00 p.m.
Richard Wacha, Professor of Biology, Drake University

More information and maps are available at the Saylorville Lake website:
http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/Saylorville/

Please Note: Access to the lake is not available from Beaver Drive until further notice. Co-sponsored by the Iowa Academy of Science and the Army Corps of Engineers at Saylorville Lake.

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 Pseudoscience [.pdf]

Selected articles from the
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

 


Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS), the National Association of Biology teachers (NABT), the Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) and the Iowa Mathematics and Science Coalition (IMSC).

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Last Updated:
Monday, December 14th, 2009