Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ473500
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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How Landscape Plants Modify the Environment.
Blankenship, Sylvia; Wise, Kevin
Science Activities, v29 n4 p14-17 Win 1992-93
Presents three experiments that provide examples of how plants modify their surroundings and create microenvironments. Examples demonstrate (1) how types of ground cover influence water quality; (2) how plants can create a thermal microenvironment; and (3) how plants can serve as barriers to wind. (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Landscaping, Lesson Plans, Physical Environment, Plants (Botany), Science Activities, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Thermal Environment, Water Quality, Wind (Meteorology)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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