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Direct linkScott, Catherine Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, skills, and dispositions enabled for elementary school participants in two summer herpetology programs, one in North Carolina and one in Florida. An additional purpose of this study was to examine the normative scientific practices in which participants engaged and to describe how these…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Summer Programs, Animals
Peer reviewedTrainin, Guy; Wilson, Kathleen; Wickless, Mimi; Brooks, David – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
A zoo outreach program led to placing animals in classrooms where those animals became foci for numerous learning activities such as writing, observing, and care. Systematic debriefings suggested uniqueness to learning outcomes connected to zoo animals. Subsequent analysis of student writing indicated that students responded to situational…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Outreach Programs, Learning Activities, Recreational Facilities
Download full textThomson, Barbara S.; Hartog, Martin D. – 1993
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards" recommends that mathematical connections be made between mathematics and other disciplines. This book presents 35 activities for middle school students that integrate the teaching of mathematical concepts with environmental concepts. An…
Descriptors: Animals, Context Effect, Energy, Enrichment Activities
