Environmental Education Tools for Elementary Schoolchildren: The Use of a Popular Children's Magazine.

Pomerantz, Gerri

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ERIC Number: EJ354775

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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Environmental Education Tools for Elementary Schoolchildren: The Use of a Popular Children's Magazine.

Pomerantz, Gerri

Journal of Environmental Education, v17 n4 p17-22 Sum 1986

Reports on the results of a study of the effects of a popular children's nature magazine, "Ranger Rick," on increasing children's knowledge of animals and the natural world. Results indicate that the children who read the magazine increased their knowledge about animals, plants, and ecological principles. (Author/TW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Animals, Botany, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Ecology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Periodicals, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes, Wildlife

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers

Language: English

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