Inexpensive Materials Used In Teaching General Science And Biology In High School

This thesis, having been a p p ro v ed b y the special Faculty C om m ittee, is accepted b y th e Graduate School o f the U niversity o f W yom in g, in partial fu lfillm en t o f th e requirem en ts fo r th e degree o f .Arts.____ _______ Dean of the Graduate School. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. INEXPENSIVE MATERIALS USED IN TEACHING GENERAL SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY IN HIGH SCHOOL by L aura L. Wolbach A T h e sis Submitted, to th e C ollege o f E d u c a tio n and th e G raduate School o f th e U n iv e r s ity o f Wyoming in P a r t i a l F u lf i llm e n t o f R equirem ents f o r th e Degree o f M aster of A rts U n iv e r s ity of Wyoming L aram ie, Wyoming A ugust, 1950 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI N um ber: EP20911 INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and im proper alignm ent can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete m anuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. ® UMI UMI Microform EP20911 Copyright 2007 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The w r i t e r i s s in c e r e ly a p p r e c ia tiv e of th e a s s i s t a n c e and s u g g e s tio n s g iv e n by D r, L, R, K ilz e r , who d ir e c te d t h i s t h e s i s . Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission TABLE OP CONTENTS C hapter I. Page 1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................... S tate m e n t o f th e problem 1 Im p o rtan ce o f th e problem • • • . • P ro c ed u re ............ 1 ................................• ......................... 1 L im ita tio n s « . . . .............................................. II. 2 AN ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OP THE QUESTIONNAIRE 9 A n a ly s is o f u se o f te a c h in g a i d s i n form o f b o o k le ts and p a n $ ) h l e t s ................................ R e s u lt o f s tu d i e s III. 9 .......................... 13 THE GENERAL LABORATORY AND SOME INTERESTING DEMONSTRATIONS FOR GENERAL SCIENCE . . . . . 14 The g e n e r a l la b o r a to r y 14 .............................. Some i n t e r e s t i n g d e m o n s tra tio n s f o r g e n e ra l sc ie n c e ................................ . 16 F lo a tin g compass E le c tr o magnet 16 ....................................... Spark c o i l sen d in g s e t • • • • • .......... 16 16 P r i n c i p l e o f an e l e c t r i c m o t o r ...................... 17 G alvanom eter . • • • • • • • . • • • • • • 17 3im ple c e l l 18 Steam t u r b i n e ...............................