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Heaton, Lorna; Millerand, Florence; Liu, Xiao; Crespel, Élodie – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
This article provides a case study of a participatory science project that involved collecting observations of a giant grasshopper and registering them online. Our objective is to reflect on conditions for meaningful amateur engagement on Web 2.0 science platforms. Our overall approach is qualitative and ethnographically informed and draws on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Science Projects, Web 2.0 Technologies, Entomology
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Gaudiello, Ilaria; Zibetti, Elisabetta – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2013
The educational potential of robotics kits as a form of control technology will remain undervalued until meaningful observation parameters are identified to enable a better understanding of children?s control strategies. For this reason, this paper aims primarily to identify and classify the heuristics spontaneously applied by 6-10 year old…
Descriptors: Robotics, Learning Modules, Educational Opportunities, Heuristics
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Bronson, Scott; Jones, Keith W.; Brown, Maria – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2013
We describe an interactive collaborative environmental education project that makes advanced laboratory facilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory accessible for one-year or multi-year science projects for the high school level. Cyber-enabled Environmental Science (CEES) utilizes web conferencing software to bring multi-disciplinary,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Environmental Education, Science Projects, Science Careers