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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 5
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2-Liter Bottles and Botanical Gardens: Using Inquiry to Learn Ecology
Brown, Patrick; Friedrichsen, Patricia; Mongler, Lou
Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, v44 n4 p153-157 Win 2008
In the project presented in this article, high school students create and observe miniecosystems in an ecology unit designed around a 5E (engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation) instructional model. Students choose a wide variety of organisms and use creativity to design miniecosystems. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Ecology, High School Students, Inquiry, Teaching Models, Gardening, Grade 10, Biology, Science Activities, Evaluation, Educational Technology, Plants (Botany), Animals, Student Motivation, Science Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 10; High Schools
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Language: English
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