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ERIC Number: EJ636005
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
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Creating Relevant Science through Urban Planning and Gardening.
Fusco, Dana
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v38 n8 p860-77 Oct 2001
Reports on a community-based science project that was coproduced with urban teenagers and elaborates on the creation of a practicing culture of science learning. Concludes that in a practicing culture of science learning, science is relevant since it was created from the participants' concerns, interests, and experiences inside and outside science. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Gardening, Gardens, Outdoor Activities, Plant Growth, Plant Propagation, Science Education, Secondary Education, Urban Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Urban Science Education.