Use of the lava ® LAMP as an analogy in the geoscience classroom

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-220

  Tolley, Stephen G ^a   Richmond, Sherry D ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education geoscience; Education precollege; Education undergraduate; Educationscience; Geoscience teaching and curriculum; Marine geology and oceanography; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; TEACHING;

EID: 0037623984     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-51.2.217     Document Type: Article

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