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ERIC Number: EJ394281
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Children's Views about the Water Cycle.
Bar, Varda
Science Education, v73 n4 p481-500 Jul 1989
Israeli children's (kindergarten to grade nine) explanations about the water cycle are described. Reports the children's views about the source of clouds and the mechanism of rainfall. It was concluded that understanding evaporation is a necessary condition for explaining a mechanism of rain containing the ideas of condensation and heaviness. (YP)
Descriptors: Climate, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Fundamental Concepts, Misconceptions, Primary Education, Scientific Concepts, Water
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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