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Direct linkThomas, Jeffrey – Science Teacher, 2010
To engage students in a real-world issue (Bransford, Brown, and Cocking 2000) that affects their communities, the author designed an entire unit to investigate air pollution in their home state, Connecticut. The unit's goal is to understand how the use of resources, such as fossil fuels, might affect their quality of life. Through this unit,…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Fuels, Quality of Life, Pollution
