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Solares-Rojas, Armando; Arellano-Aguilar, Omar; García González, Moisés Martín; López-Vargas, María del Rocío; Coles, Alf; Méndez Serrano, Alejandra – Research in Mathematics Education, 2022
We report our progress on the "River Memorial Museum" didactic intervention project developed with schools, in the basin of the Atoyac River in Mexico, that are significantly impacted by the pollution produced through industrialisation. The teachers of the elementary schools in these communities, environmental scientists, educators, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Rural Areas, Museums, Intervention
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Sedawi, W.; Assaraf, O. Ben Zvi; Reiss, M. J. – Research in Science Education, 2021
This study examines the effects of a place-based intervention program on the sense of place of Bedouin elementary school students. These students live on the banks of the polluted Hebron Stream in Israel, where a three-pronged restoration program has recently been established, including the stream's rehabilitation, the establishment of local waste…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Place Based Education, Intervention, Elementary School Students
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Magothe, Stephen Njangiru – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Environmental protection is a sensitive issue in the world today. Erratic weather changes have been witnessed in many parts world including Kenya. Indeed, scholars and critics have argued that human beings are a major contributing factor to destruction of nature through industrialization, farming activities, transport, deforestation, wildlife…
Descriptors: Weather, Climate, Change, Environmental Education
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Puche, Helena; Holt, Jame – American Biology Teacher, 2012
This semi-guided inquiry activity explores the macroinvertebrate fauna in water sources affected by different levels of pollution. Students develop their ability to identify macroinvertebrates, compare aquatic fauna from different sources of water samples, evaluate water quality using an index, document and analyze data, raise questions and…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Water, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
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Dacko, Margaret; Higdon, Robbie – Science Scope, 2004
Teachers can use inquiry to make sure that student learning is hands-on and minds-on. There are many levels of inquiry and teachers can even include some of their favorite cookbook labs after modifying them. Inquiry does not always mean lots of time, money, materials, and mess. One of the most important things that inquiry does require of…
Descriptors: Pollution, Water, Water Quality, Natural Resources
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Horvath, Thomas – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2005
In 1986, Lake Nyos, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, released a huge amount of carbon dioxide gas, killing over 1,700 people in the surrounding area. This case study, developed for use in a limnology or aquatic biology course, explores that event, introducing students to concepts relating to lake formation, thermal stratification, and dissolved gases.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science
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Stewart, Arthur J.; Ryon, Michael G. – American Biology Teacher, 2003
Gill-breathing freshwater snails (Family "Pleuroceridae") are ecologically important, abundant in many streams in the United States, and easy to collect and maintain under classroom conditions. These snails can be used in classroom tests to demonstrate effects of pollutants on aquatic organisms. In more advanced classes, students can cage the…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Environmental Education, Field Tests, Earth Science
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Johns, Nicholas; Longstaff, Stephen J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1987
Describes efforts in devising a method for determining sulfate quickly and accurately from rainwater samples. Explains the design and operation of the apparatus and identifies the solutions for the testing. (ML)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, College Science, Environmental Education