Editorial.The Natural Science Museum in Jackson has opened in its new and much improved facilities. Not only is the building much larger, but also the grounds surrounding the facility are more impressive than those of the old museum. The Mississippi Academy of Sciences is pleased to highlight the museum in this issue with a brief article describing the facility and a lengthy article describing the ecology and flora of LeFleur's Bluff LeFleur's Bluff was a village that eventually grew to become Jackson, Mississippi. It was named after Louis LeFleur, a French explorer from French Canada. See also
The Junior Academy is also highlighted in this issue with an article from one of last year's Junior Academy paper competition winners and articles concerning and our former Junior Academy director, Joan Messer who is assuming directorship of the American Junior Academy of Sciences The American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) is the only national honor society recognizing America's premier high school students for outstanding scientific research. AJAS meets annually in conjunction with American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest . The annual meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences will be held in Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo (IPA: [tu:pəlo]) is the largest city and county seat within Lee County, Mississippi. It is the eighth largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Olive Branch. , next year on the 8th and 9th of February. This issue contains the first call for abstracts. Visit the Academy website to submit your abstract electronically. As we approach the meeting this year, many of you will be directing students training as research scientists. State academies have always been excellent places for these students to get their first opportunity to deliver a formal, oral scientific presentation. Please consider this Academy journal as a place where those students could publish their first formal written paper. The Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences is peer reviewed. We publish across the breadth of the sciences, but are especially interested in research associated with Mississippi and the Southeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Much of the work these junior scientist do is not of the depth necessary to publish in a national journal, but the information is still of value to the scientific community. This journal could be a student's first, invaluable opportunity to experience peer review and the publishing process. How many of you took the science quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. published in the last issue? How many of you got all the answers correct? Do any of you have a similar diversion A turning aside or altering of the natural course or route of a thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized change or alteration of a water course to the prejudice of a lower riparian, or to the unauthorized use of funds. that you think our readers would be interested in seeing? Let me know. Ken Curry |
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