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ERIC Number: EJ543588
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148
Teaching Science with Broken Pencils.
Field, John
Science and Children, v34 n7 p16-19 Apr 1997
Presents activities that use a box of pencils to foster science process skills. Describes each phase of the scientific learning method with instructions for a "broken pencil" activity. Discusses initial observations, multiple working hypotheses, detailed observations, developing a theory, pattern-process relationships, and further ideas. (JRH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Science Activities, Science Process Skills, Scientific Methodology, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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