Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ561906
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Geography and Fieldwork at the Secondary School Level : An Investigation of Anthropogenic Litter on an Estuarine Shoreline.
Jackson, Nancy L.; Cerrato, Maureen Lally; Elliot, Norbert
Journal of Geography, v96 n6 p301-06 Nov-Dec 1997
Reports on a field project that allowed students to engage in problem solving, gather field data, and apply geographic concepts and tools. Students conducted a topographic survey of a shoreline and classified, counted, and weighed litter collected from the shoreline. Discusses the classification system and the students' findings. (MJP)
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Estuaries, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Field Instruction, Field Trips, Geography Instruction, Pollution, Problem Solving, Science and Society, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Solid Wastes, Student Projects, Student Research, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Wetlands
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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