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50 Years of ERIC
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George, Linda A.1
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George, Linda A.; Becker, William G. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2003
Explains a collaborative research project in which students study a phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect which is a measure of the near-surface air temperature contrast between urbanized and adjoining rural areas. Includes background content and literature review, preliminary studies, development of research questions,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Geology, Heat, Higher Education