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ERIC Number: EJ622155
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
A Sense of Place: At Home with Local Natural History.
Butler, Robert F.; Hall-Wallace, Michelle; Burgess, Tony
Journal of College Science Teaching, v30 n4 p252-55 Dec 2000-Jan 2001
Describes a university course on natural history in which undergraduates and K-12 teachers make four Saturday field trips to observe local natural history. Undergraduates practice carefully and objectively describing the landscape while K-12 science teachers learn about the local geology and ecology that they teach in their earth science, biology, and ecology classes. (SAH)
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Field Trips, Geology, Higher Education, History, Natural Sciences, Outdoor Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: University of Arizona Tucson