Back to living animals: An extracurricular course for fifth-grade pupils

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 300-304

  Tamir, Pinchas ^a   Shcurr, Yoav ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Informal learning; Live animals; Small creatures

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037606567     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.1997.9655582     Document Type: Article

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