Internet resources for middle school science: Golden opportunity or "silicon snake oil"?

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-57

  Jackson, David F ^a   Bourdeau, Gretchen ^b   Sampson, Alice ^b   Hagen, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Oglethorpe County Middle School   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Information; Internet; Middle school; Science; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010771909     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022568918621     Document Type: Article

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