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- Title
TAKE A PLANET WALK.
- Authors
Schuster, Dwight
- Abstract
The article offers information on the importance of physical models in effective classroom learning in the U.S. These are some subjects wherein teachers need models to effectively impart information to their students. Physical models can be used in creating classroom contexts where fourth-through sixth-grade students are able to explore and ask questions about developmentally appropriate phenomena and events that remain abstract and distant. It states that by modifying a popular classroom activity known as "planet walk," teachers can explore students' current understandings, create an environmental where students generate questions based on their prior knowledge.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ACTIVITY programs in astronomy education; ACTIVE learning; ACTIVITY programs in education; EXPERIENTIAL learning; LEARNING by discovery; EXPERIMENTAL methods in education; CLASSROOM activities; ACTIVITY programs in science education
- Publication
Science & Children, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
0036-8148
- Publication type
Article