Children's Ideas About Weather: A Review of the Literature

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 202-215

  Henriques, Laura ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22244491504     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2002.tb18143.x     Document Type: Article

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