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- Title
START WITH SCIENCE.
- Authors
Erickson, Susan
- Abstract
The author, a fifth grade teacher, describes classroom activities to encourage student interest in science, including bringing in sand samples to study, observing river beds, and engaging in citizen science activities such as collecting data on turtle hatchlings. The author mentions the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, the National Science Foundation’s Long-Term Ecological Research project on vernal pools, and resources offered by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).
- Subjects
ACTIVITY programs in science education; CITIZEN science; ACTIVITY programs in nature study; NATURE observation; STUDENT interests; NATIONAL Science Teachers Association; NATIONAL Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Publication
Science & Children, 2012, Vol 49, Issue 9, p32
- ISSN
0036-8148
- Publication type
Article