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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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McCullagh, John; Greenwood, Julian – Primary Science, 2011
In this digital age, is primary science being left behind? Computer microscopes provide opportunities to transform science lessons into highly exciting learning experiences and to shift enquiry and discovery back into the hands of the children. A class of 5- and 6-year-olds was just one group of children involved in the Digitally Resourced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Elementary School Science, Computer Uses in Education
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McCullagh, John; Walsh, Glenda; Greenwood, Julian – Primary Science, 2010
A group of third-year undergraduate student teachers used books and stories during science enquiry lessons as part of the BASICS (Books And Stories In Children's Science) project funded by the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust. This three-year project involved a cluster of five primary schools in the greater Belfast area. The aim of the project…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Teachers, Teaching Methods, Elementary Schools
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McCullagh, John; Stewart, James; Greenwood, Julian – Primary Science Review, 2007
There has recently been a growth in the popularity of "science centres" and this development provides an excellent opportunity to support the primary science curriculum. Their use is therefore well worth including within initial teacher education courses. Hence, undergraduate student teachers at Stranmillis University College Belfast may now…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teaching Centers, Elementary School Science, Preservice Teacher Education