Conceptualizing the inconceivable by depicting the magnitude of geological time with a yearly planning calendar

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-293

  Everitt, Christy Lynn ^a,b   Good, Steven Chalmer ^a,c,d   Pankiewicz, Philip Richard ^a,e,f  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY College ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth science teaching and curriculum; Education precollege; Education science; Geology teaching and curriculum; History of geology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008298531     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-44.3.290     Document Type: Article

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