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Download full textNewbill, Phyllis Leary – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2009
For an inquiry-based alternative to lectures and recall tests, I encouraged learners to become "geotourists"; that is, learners researched and developed a geologic guidebook to a United States National Park of their choice. Over the course of a semester, students wrote chapters on plate tectonics, the rock cycle, geologic history,…
Descriptors: Parks, Geology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
