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	TIMSS 1999 Benchmarking Science Report Chap5_1
		The most striking difference among science curricula of the TIMSS 1999 countries in the eighth and earlier grades is that the sciences are taught as separate subjects in some countries and integrated to form a general science course in others.
		Exhibit 5.1 shows how science instruction is organized in these grades in the TIMSS 1999 countries and Benchmarking jurisdictions.
		Of the countries that taught science as separate subjects, most taught chemistry and physics as separate subjects by the eighth grade, while in separate-science Benchmarking jurisdictions these were taught together as physical science.
	timss.bc.edu /timss1999b/sciencebench_report/t99bscience_chap_5_1.html (687 words)

	TIMSS 1999 Science Achievement Report
		The description of the different major areas of study for earth science and physics teachers having science as the major area of study in footnote 1 has been corrected.
		The standard error for the international average achievement for students at the low index level in earth science is 2.2.
		The international average for the percentage of formally scheduled school time averaged across students for teaching science, mathematics, and other subjects is 71 with a standard error of 0.2.
	isc.bc.edu /timss1999i/science_achievement_report.html (385 words)

	Highlights of APA Science Directorate Activities - 1999
		Plans are being developed to work with behavioral and social science departments and programs in colleges and universities throughout the country to infuse an element of public outreach and education into their efforts over the course of the academic year.
		At its spring 1999 meeting, the CARE initiated a number of new projects, which focused on educating the public about the nature of nonhuman animal research, in general, and in psychology in particular.
		The Science Directorate has continued to monitor the curriculum development of last year's award recipients and is pleased to announce that the universities-Bowling Green State University, Kansas State University, and University of Minnesota--offered their first courses this fall.
	www.apa.org /science/highlights99.html (4342 words)

	October 8, 1999, Hour Two: Science in the Courtroom
		Science often plays an important role in the courtroom -- DNA evidence, medical malpractice suits, and the like.
		Once, the only test of science in the courtroom was whether or not the science was generally accepted by the scientific community.
		The decision places the judge in a "gatekeeper" role, controlling what is accepted as "good science" in his or her courtroom.
	www.sciencefriday.com /pages/1999/Oct/hour2_100899.html (330 words)

	NAEP - Long-Term Trend Science 1999 Results
		Although the average score in 1999 was higher than the average scores from 1977 through 1990, it remained lower than the average score in 1969.
		A slight decline since 1992, however, resulted in an average score in 1999 that was similar to that in 1970.
		Increases between 1982 and 1990, followed by relatively stable performance in the 1990s, resulted in an average score in 1999 that was higher than that in 1970.
	nces.ed.gov /nationsreportcard/ltt/science_1999_results.asp (204 words)

	ScienceDaily: Human Stem Cell Research Leads Science's Top Ten List Of The Best Scientific Advances In 1999
		In its annual "Top Ten" list, appearing in the 17 December 1999 issue, Science salutes this research and nine more of the year's hottest scientific developments for their profound implications for society and the advancement of science.
		A Flat Universe: The universe's tally of matter and energy finally added up in 1999 as researchers confirmed their hunch that the cosmos was born in a burst that stretched space flat.
		Adult Cells Undergo Identity Switch Reported In Science (January 22, 1999) -- Research by a group of Italian and Canadian scientists indicates that certain adult cells-previously assumed to be permanently wedded to their specialized roles in the body-can shed their identities...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/1999/12/991220082651.htm (2946 words)

	Science Journal, Spring 1999 -- New Dean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In announcing the appointment, John Brighton, then Vice President and Provost, said "Daniel Larson is a leader in physics education at the graduate and undergraduate levels and an accomplished researcher.
		Larson joined the University of Virginia in 1978 as an associate professor of physics and was chairman of its physics department from 1991 to 1997 and associate dean of its arts and sciences faculty from 1989 to 1991.
		He also was a National Science Foundation graduate fellow from 1966 to 1970 and a Woodrow Wilson fellow in 1966.
	www.science.psu.edu /journal/Spring_1999/NewDeanSpr-1999.htm (377 words)

	Space 1999 Catacombs: science
		The Earth in 1999 has not solved the serious problem of disposing of high and medium level radioactive wastes.
		Forcefields were used in the traditional science fiction sense of energy barriers which absorb or repel matter and certain wavelengths of light.
		Lasers can be visible by reflecting off particles along their path, as in smoky or polluted atmospheres, although most science fiction shows visible laser beams in space for dramatic effect.
	www.space1999.net /~catacombs/main/pguide/xrsf4.html (3864 words)

	SCI-BYTES: Science in Singapore, 1999-2003
		Singapore's world share of science and social-science papers over a recent five-year period, expressed as a percentage of papers in each of 21 fields in the Thomson Scientific database.
		As the right-hand column indicates, the impact (or average citations per paper) of computer-science papers from Singapore was 18% below the average in the field during the five-year period (1.03 cites per paper for Singapore versus the world average of 1.26 citations), with an identical score recorded in engineering.
		In agricultural sciences, Singapore-based authors contributed to only 104 Thomson-indexed papers, but at least a few of these reports, evidently, were very highly cited, giving the nation a score 48% above the world average.
	www.in-cites.com /research/2005/march_7_2005-1.html (354 words)

	Slide 21 -- Research on Science Education
		Motivation is another area in which science standards and pedagogies are based on questionable extrapolations from the science of learning.
		It follows that drill and practice on science facts and procedures are not fun.
		Children in countries that were at the top on science achievement, such as Japan, don't like science.
	www.ed.gov /rschstat/research/progs/mathscience/whitehurst04/edlite-slide021.html (253 words)

	Space 1999 Catacombs: science
		In "Space: 1999" gravity is often modified by unknown forces.
		Bergman reveals an even worse misconception of scientific principles in Space Brain when he states that the only two practical schemes for changing the Moon's course are "shockwaves and anti-gravity screens".
		While the second is a made-up part of "Space: 1999" science, the first could not operate in the vacuum of space (the same shockwaves error is made in Collision Course and The A B Chrysalis).
	www.space1999.net /~catacombs/main/pguide/xrsf1.html (3522 words)

	Pelli 1999 Science 285:844 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1973, the scientists Harmon and Julesz published block portraits of Abraham Lincoln that were important in vision science (5).
		Their "critical-band" explanation of the block-portrait effect implicitly assumes size invariance and thus predicts that face recognition requires a certain number of marks per face independent of face size (but they only tested the effect at one small size).
		The author is in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
	www.psych.nyu.edu /pelli/pubs/pelli1999close/Pelli-Science-285-844.html (2549 words)

	IFT announces its 1999 food science journalism award winners
		Four journalists were honored for excellent food science reporting at the Institute of Food Technologists' (IFT's) 1999 Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPOR in Chicago on July 24.
		Founded in 1939, IFT is a non-profit scientific society with 28,000 members working in food science, technology and related professions in industry, academia and government.
		As the society for food science and technology, IFT brings sound science to the public discussion of food issues.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1999-07/IoFT-Iai1-250799.php (577 words)

	NASA/Marshall 1999 Space Sciences Headlines
		The 1999 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and 13th under the dark skies of a nearly new moon.
		On the verge of solar maximum, the August 11, 1999 solar eclipse promises to dazzle millions in the path of totality.
		With the discovery of a bright optical flash during a gamma-ray burst in January 1999, and the advancement of observing technologies, it is now possible that amateur astronomers can make meaningful scientific contributions to the study of these enigmatic events.
	science.nasa.gov /newhome/headlines (8595 words)

	Leonids: 2000 and Beyond
		December 2, 1999: The Leonids of 1999 didn't disappoint astronomers who were looking for a show.
		Observations from the Middle East to Europe reported a beautiful shower of meteors, with the peak of activity centered on 02:05 UT on Thursday, November 18 as the Earth passed through the debris stream of comet Tempel-Tuttle.
		This time around, the shower observed in 1999 was from a debris stream that the comet ejected three revolutions earlier in 1899.
	science.nasa.gov /newhome/headlines/ast02dec99_1.htm (1416 words)

	NAEP - Long-Term Trend: Science 1999
		Because the long-term trend assessment uses different instruments from those used in the main assessments, and because students are sampled by age for the long-term trend assessment rather than by grade as in the main assessments, it is not possible to compare results from the two assessment programs.
		The cognitive dimension assesses students' understanding of the nature of science within the context of both the content and cognitive dimensions.
		In order to maintain the long-term trend in science, the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) determined in 2002 that technical studies were required to enable necessary changes to the design of the assessment and revisions to the item pool. For these reasons, science was not assessed in the 2003-2004 school year.
	nces.ed.gov /nationsreportcard/ltt/science_1999.asp (296 words)

	Midwood Science Awards 1999-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Science students at Midwood will be able to use state of the art computers, lab interfaces and sensors to make measurements in the science laboratory.
		Now in its 59th year, the Science Talent Search (STS) is the oldest and most highly-regarded science competition in the United States.
		The Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition is a national research competition in the sciences and mathematics for high school students.
	midwoodscience.org /department/awards/2000.html (707 words)

	The Online NewsHour: Science Archive \| 1999 \| PBS
		Ed Weiler, NASA associate administrator for space science, discusses the anticipated Mars landing.
		Former White House science advisers John Gibbons, William Graham, George Keyworth and Edward David discuss the 2000 presidential election.
		Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with the winner of the Templeton prize for the advancement of religion, Ian Barbour, a physicist and theologian.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/topic/science/1999.html (166 words)

	1998-1999 Writing Science Sessions
		Over a broad sweep of history, I think it may be useful to think about three things together: the object of the scientist's (or philosopher's) knowledge, the nature of that knowledge and the means of securing it, and the identity of the knower.
		Arguing that the work of metaphor and narrative is simultaneously scientific and cultural work, I shall touch upon such issues as borders/boundaries and the possibility of translations in science, cognitive approaches to science and cultural studies of science, and problems of agency and change.
		As science studies moved toward cultural studies, the question arose what the term "culture" in cultural studies of science meant, and what explanatory power it was supposed to have.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/HPS/WritingScience/indexws1998-1999.html (1122 words)

	INSTAAR Science Spotlights 1999
		"Science Spotlights" are examples of INSTAAR research, education, and societal outreach.
		Scott Elias is developing an interactive computer program for Alaskan middle school students to interest them in science and show them that natural sciences don't necessarily conflict with traditional American Indian views of nature.
		Changes in stable isotope ratios -- an indicator of past temperatures in the Taylor Dome ice core from Antarctica -- are almost identical to changes seen in cores from Greenland's GISP 2 core from the same period.
	instaar.colorado.edu /research/science_spotlights_1999.html (539 words)

	SCI-BYTES: Science in Israel, 1999-2003
		Israel's world share of science and social-science papers over a recent five-year period, expressed as a percentage of papers in each of 22 fields in the Thomson Scientific database.
		Between 1999 and 2003, Thomson Scientific indexed 47,436 papers that listed at least one author address in Israel.
		Israel's strength in the physical sciences was further evident in physics (34% above the world mark), space science (45% above), chemistry (+33%), and, most strikingly, materials science (+66%).
	www.in-cites.com /research/2005/february_21_2005-2.html (357 words)

	Our Changing Earth @ The Franklin Institute
		The project teams will spend several months conducting their investigations, and, then, on January 21, 1999, pause to celebrate their work by showcasing the results at the partner science institution.
		The mission of Public Science Day, 1999 is to raise public awareness about the importance of science education in the U.S. and abroad, and to heighten the enthusiasm for science and technology learning and understanding across all demographics.
		National Public Science Day 1999 is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in collaboration with The Franklin Institute Science Museum and Unisys Corporation.
	www.fi.edu /psd99 (360 words)

	The 1999 Geminids dazzle North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 1999 Geminids dazzled observers in North America, compensating for a weak display of Leonids one month earlier.
		December 15, 1999: The 1999 Geminid meteor shower reached a dazzling peak on Tuesday morning, Dec. 14.
		Like the 1998 Geminid meteors, the 1999 Geminids often came in bunches of 2 or more shooting stars.
	www.spacescience.com /newhome/headlines/ast15dec99_1.htm (1059 words)

	Online NewsHour Forum: Science and Religion -- June, 1999
		Ian Barbour, a Carleton College professor emeritus, was awarded the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in recognition of efforts to create a dialogue between the worlds of science and religion.
		Ian Barbour, the professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and Society at Carleton College, has been awarded the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion for his efforts.
		"The popular image is of science and religion in conflict or in warfare - atheistic scientists on the one hand and creationists or biblical literalists on the other," Barbour said.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/forum/june99/barbour.html (344 words)

	Science Journal, Spring 1999 -- Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Penn State Department of Mathematics has received a grant for a new National Science Foundation program titled "Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences" (VIGRE).
		"With this grant we aim to build on the department's rise to research prominence in recent years by broadening and unifying its existing educational initiatives to develop it into a premier center for training in the mathematical sciences at all levels," says Gary Mullen, head of the Department of Mathematics.
		Burago and Ono are developing an extensive set of thought-provoking and challenging problems whose solutions do not require advanced mathematical skills, which they plan to use during regular small-group discussion sessions with the students to emphasize problem solving and the development of logical and mathematical thinking.
	www.science.psu.edu /journal/Spring_1999/VIGRESpr-1999.htm (394 words)

	Alaska Science Consortium - 1999 Handbook
		Index of selected lessons from the 1999 Alaska Science Consortium Institute.
		Gravity, lift, thrust and drag are forces that affect the flight of an airplane.
		This unit focuses on understanding how force and motion are essential to comprehending the natural sciences.
	www.akscience.org /handbook99.html (161 words)

	Midwood Science Awards 1998-1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In Philadelphia, Sohail and Imran had the opportunity to present their science project in competition against the world at the Olympics of Science Fair Competitions.
		One of the great experiences they had in Philadelphia was that while practicing for the competition, an elderly gentleman walked over to their display and asked them if they wanted to present their project to him.
		He obtained the help of experts in the use of the TI-83 calculator and the Calculator Based Laboratory to train teachers how to use this new technology in the classroom.
	midwoodscience.org /department/awards/1999.html (575 words)

	STIA-102: Introduction to Environmental Science, Fall 1999
		Environmental science has always been a science that integrates natural with social science because it studies natural systems not only to understand nature but also to understand human relationships with nature.
		Global Warming, for example, is a central concern of environmental science, but to understand it fully requires understanding the history and science of natural climate change, the history of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, and the models that predict climate change.
		Moreover, environmental science has always been an applied science; thus we must also introduce the practical approaches for solving problems.
	www.georgetown.edu /sfs/programs/stia/courses/1999.fall/stia102-99c.htm (1005 words)

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