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Mangan, Jennifer M.; Newman, David; Doss, Kerlin B.; Virani, Shanil N. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2019
In this exploratory study, we looked at the effect adding a choreographed song to camp had on middle-school aged campers' retention of two concepts: order of the planets with increasing distance from the Sun, and phases of the Moon listed in the correct order. We conducted pre- and post-assessments on these questions for multiple years of the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Astronomy, Singing, Teaching Methods
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McKone, Kevin – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
Students at Copiah-Lincoln Community College (Co-Lin) have been hesitant to take courses in the physical sciences, mostly because of a lack of exposure to them in K-12 or a bad experience in this area. The college is addressing this need by exposing students to the physical sciences early on in their education. The science division at Co-Lin has…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Programs, Physics, Astronomy