A standards-based curriculum for clay science

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-266

  Rule, Audrey C ^a   Guggenheim, Stephen ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; CURRICULUM; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; SOIL SCIENCE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 44349089856     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-55.4.257     Document Type: Article

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