Integrating instructional technologies in a local watershed investigation with urban elementary learners

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 47-58

  Bodzin, Alec M ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional technologies; Schoolyard investigations; Urban elementary school; Watershed studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249110687     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.39.2.47-58     Document Type: Article

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