Criteria for creating and categorizing forms of energy

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1413, Issue , 2012, Pages 279-282

  McKagan, S B ^a   Scherr, R E ^a   Close, E W ^b   Close, H G ^b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy; teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857487786     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3680049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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