Pitfalls and successes of developing an interdisciplinary watershed field science course

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Pearce, Andrea R ^a   Bierman, Paul R ^b,c   Druschel, Gregory K ^b,c   Massey, Christine ^b,d   Rizzo, Donna M ^a   Watzin, Mary C ^b   Wemple, Beverly C ^b  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources

^d Department of Geology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HYDROSPHERE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LEARNING; SOLID EARTH; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WATERSHED;

EID: 77957952878     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3544295     Document Type: Article

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