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ERIC Number: EJ484121
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
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Ideas of Elementary Students about Reducing the "Greenhouse Effect."
Francis, Claire; And Others
Science Education, v77 n4 p375-92 Jul 1993
Presents the results of a questionnaire given to 563 elementary students to study their ideas of actions that would reduce the greenhouse effect. Most of the children (87%) appreciated that planting trees would help reduce global warming. During interviews it was discovered that children were confused between the greenhouse effect and ozone layer depletion. (PR)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Misconceptions, Science Education, Trees
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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