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ERIC Number: EJ639885
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148
Imagine the Possibilities!
Churchman, Kris
Science and Children, v39 n4 p22-25 Jan 2002
Explains how students can be guided to model the invention process using potatoes. Details the steps and the materials used in the modeling, including the phases of the invention process. Presents this activity as preparation for the Invent America program. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Inventions, Knowledge Representation, Models, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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