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Charney, Len – Zip Lines: The Voice for Adventure Education, 1997
Children's visual literacy can be enhanced by focusing their attention on aspects of the natural or built environment in the local community. Two activities use photographs and field trips to provide the building blocks of visual literacy: challenging activities, inquiry and problem solving, curiosity and the unexpected, and culture-based…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedRaze, Robert E., Jr. – Science and Children, 1993
Presents activities that utilize nature hikes to develop students' understanding of environment-related issues, observation skills, and critical thinking skills. Activities include alphabetizing observed objects, identifying objects by smell, observing ants, and a scavenger hunt. (MDH)
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education
