Overcoming the limitations of an urban setting through field-based earth systems inquiry

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Birnbaum, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 11844253805     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-52.5.407     Document Type: Article

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