Using the urban environment to engage youths in urban ecology field studies

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 3-11

  Barnett, Michael ^a   Lord, Charles ^a,b   Strauss, Eric ^a,b   Rosca, Camelia ^b   Langford, Heather ^c   Chavez, Dawn ^b   Deni, Leah ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Urban Ecology Institute   (United States)

^c Casey Trees   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Field studies; Science interest; Urban science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646413183     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.37.2.3-11     Document Type: Article

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