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ERIC Number: EJ519843
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1076-2175
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Getting into the Swing of Things: Using Pendulums to Learn the Scientific Method.
Grambo, Gregory
Gifted Child Today Magazine, v19 n1 p16-17 Jan-Feb 1996
A middle school science teacher describes the learning and thinking processes of his class as they worked and played with pendulums and learned to build a swing that could tell time. The article illustrates how students can learn the value of the scientific method for problem solving. (DB)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Middle Schools, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Scientific Methodology, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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