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ERIC Number: EJ677451
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148
Consumer Reports--Classroom Style.
Rosenzweig, Barbara C.
Science and Children, v33 n3 p20-23,32 Nov-Dec 1995
Presents a set of activities for testing consumer products to encourage students to learn how to use scientific investigations in their everyday lives. Describes the penny flip experiment and testing a detergent. Students learn in a hands-on manner the importance of completing accurate laboratory reports, which allows them to analyze results and procedures, thus making valid conclusions. (NB)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Middle Schools, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Scientific Methodology
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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