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ERIC Number: EJ534827
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
Constructing Scientific Knowledge.
Ward, Kathleen; And Others
Science Teacher, v63 n9 p20-23 Dec 1996
Presents activities in which students explore the conditions necessary for a candle to stay lit. Enables students to construct an accurate concept to explain their observation of water rising inside a tube in which a candle has burned out. (JRH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Methodology
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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