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You Live in a Watershed! Informal Environmental Science Education with a State Park Exhibit
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Wolfe, Christopher R.; Cedillos-Whynott, Elizabeth M.; Vanni, Michael J. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2020
"You Live in a Watershed" is a state park exhibit about watersheds. We conducted a two-pronged assessment of learning and attitudes. Study 1 employed a pretest-intervention-posttest design with 30 children visiting the exhibit on a fieldtrip. We found significant increases in knowledge and attitudes. Study 2 was a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Environmental Education, Parks, Exhibits
Design and Implementation of a Research-Informed Water Conservation Education Program
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Thompson, Ruthanne; Coe, Alice; Klaver, Irene; Dickson, Kenneth – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
Informed by the results of a baseline research study of regional citizen knowledge and understanding concerning watershed issues, a team of university faculty and classroom teachers designed and implemented a water conservation education program to address lacking areas of watershed knowledge. The authors developed age-appropriate, hands-on…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Water, Conservation Education, Program Implementation