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ERIC Number: EJ401460
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Sailing the Open Polar Sea...Again: What Are You Teaching Your Children about the Arctic Ocean?
Stockard, James W. Jr.
Southern Social Studies Quarterly, v15 n1 p29-35 Fall 1989
Relates how a blunder about the Arctic Ocean and the polar ice cap made by the author in his first year of teaching led to a successful learning experience. Lists five important discussion topics that social studies teachers should use to teach about this remote, but strategic, part of the world. (LS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Geography Instruction, Map Skills, Misconceptions, Oceanography, Physical Geography, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Arctic Ocean