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ERIC Number: EJ593893
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
On the Merits of "Unusual Field Trips."
Howarth, Dean E.
Physics Teacher, v37 n8 p460-62 Nov 1999
Describes the organization and completion of a scientific field trip for a group of high school physics students that was organized primarily around a study of the Manhattan Project. The group visited the Trinity site, Los Alamos, several museums, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array. Contact information for the various sites is included. (WRM)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Field Trips, Nuclear Warfare, Physics, Science Activities, Science and Society, Science History, Scientific Research, Secondary Education, Space Sciences
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Los Alamos National Laboratory NM; Manhattan Project; Observatories