Geobiological opportunities to learn at U.S. Fossil parks

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 474, Issue , 2011, Pages 113-134

  Clary, Renee M ^a   Wandersee, James H ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE METHODS; DATA COLLECTION; INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION; KEY VARIABLES; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; NORTH CAROLINA; SITE ORGANIZATION;

POSITIVE IONS;

BIOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PALEONTOLOGY; PARK DESIGN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960165019     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2474(09)     Document Type: Article

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