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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sharing Tails®: A State-Wide Public Outreach Program Teaching Children about Native Arizona Fish
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Pacey, Carol A.; Marsh, Paul C. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2013
Limited public outreach programs about Arizona native fish exist and those that do are passive, fee-based, or Web-oriented, while others limit their geographic range. The program this article addresses sought to improve this situation with development of a state-wide outreach program with a goal to educate Arizona's children about native fish…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Teaching Methods, Wildlife, Multimedia Instruction
Can't See the Wood for the Litter: Evaluation of Litter Behavior Modification in a Forest
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Lindemann-Matthies, Petra; Bonigk, Isabel; Benkowitz, Dorothee – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2012
This study investigated elementary school children's (n = 171) litter behavior during guided forest tours following two different treatments. Four classes received a verbal appeal not to litter in the forest, while another four classes received both a verbal appeal and a demonstration of the desired litter behavior (picking up litter, putting it…
Descriptors: Pollution, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Students, Conservation (Environment)