Illinois Junior Academy of Science - Yearbook (Urbana, IL)

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Introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS -...--n.-s---.-.......-. State Officers ..... Executive Council . . . District Chai ITUBII. ......... ... Industry Advisory Committee .... Affiliates . . nu..-J...--...-... Judging Division Chairmen .... I. J. A. S. Districts ........... State Science Exposition, 66 .... Paper Sessions, 66 .......... Seminars, 66 Banquet .and Awards, 1966 . . . Paper Sessions ........... Projects .... Aeronautics Anthropology .... Astronomy . . Botany ..... Chemistry . . Conservation Meteorology Electronics . Geology - Geography . . . Microbiology Mathematics Physics .... Zoology . . . Year Book Edi Photographer: Q--vnu.. ..- tor: RAY W. JANOTA Rich Township H.S. KEN KORTGE

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2 Before After Assembly Hall - U. of I. Urbana

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Qfum M' 9 .w The Illin is Junior Academy of Science The Illinois Junior Academy of ience, founded in 1927 by Dr. Lyell Th as is the largest and oldest Junior Academy in the Unite States. It is an organization of junior nd senior high school students and their sponsors inter ed in the sciences. .f ' All high school and ' 1or high schools, public, private, and parochial, a invited to enter the science exposition progr m, in the State of Illinois. 1 The Junior Academy, in association with the Illinois State Academy of Science and the Illinois Industrial Advisory Com 'ttee has grown from one meagerly attended ann al meeting to eleven district meetings and a tate exposition where students exhibit the best proj p cts of the eleven dis- tricts. During the 196 exhibition, more than 1100 first place students were selected from the many thousands o ' cience students participating in the district program in glllinois. Significant ch ges occurred during 1965 in the format of the state exposition. In the past, roject judging on Friday morning necessitated many scho is coming to the Uni- versity of Illinoi campus Thursday evening. Projects were set up betwee 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Friday. f Paper session were featured and placed on Friday afternoon rather than Saturday morning. This resulted in gr ter attendance. A new feature, b inning late Friday afternoon, was seminar sessions led by professional scientists. The smalli up seminars considered some of the frontiers of various fields of science and their informal presen ' ion encouraged student participation. Those students who we .e judged outstanding in their project Work re eived a certificate de- noting the award fa duplicaiilw s sent to the student's home schoolj, an AS lapel pin, and a copy of the Handbook of Che Eiiyxgnd Physics. Seniors who received the Outstgnding Award became eligible to apply f one of the eighteen scholarships offered by Illinois colle ies. Nearly 100 new schools join the IJAS during 1965, providing afiiet gain of forty-two schools for an increase of 9.7 Z: i membership. The Illinois Junior Academy o Science 1966 Yearbook presents I capsule report of each of these Outstanding Award investigations, which has been submitted. In addition, Special Awards, Paper Session Awards, and the Special gsutivities in which students articipated are included. The Illinois Junior Academy believes tha through participati in its programs a student can develop an ability to think critically, dev op his ideas and lea through self direction. For information concerning membership the activitiesjdf the Illinois Junior Academy of Science please write to Mr. Donald G. Hopkins, tate fTr Joliet Township High School - West Campus, Joliet, nunois, 60435. 815-7253329