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ERIC Number: EJ598056
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Hot-Air Balloons: Project-Centered Study as a Bridge between Science and Technology Education.
Barak, Moshe; Raz, Eli
Science Education, v84 n1 p27-42 Jan 2000
Describes the development of a project-based unit on hot-air balloons used with Israeli junior high school students. Concludes that students in the program gained experience with high-level scientific principles and technological processes, the project allows for a learning environment of cooperation and teamwork, and collaboration between teachers with various forms of expertise was necessary during the project. (Contains 23 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Integrated Activities, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Scientific Methodology, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching, Technology Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel