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Direct linkLehrer, Richard; Schauble, Leona; Lucas, Deborah – Cognitive Development, 2008
A sixth-grade class investigated the ecologies of two local retention ponds over the course of one school year. In this context, instruction assisted development as students designed models of the pond in one-gallon jars and attempted to stabilize these jars in sustainable ecosystems that could be used to study questions about the ponds.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Investigations, Environmental Education, Scientific Principles
