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Peer reviewedThornber, Jillian; Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1999
Uses a free-form questionnaire to explore 10- and 11-year-old students' ideas about the nature of air pollution and its biological and physical effects. Suggests that students hold misconceptions in this area. (DDR)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Concept Formation, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRobinson, Michael; Kaleta, Piotr – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Examines Polish students' (n=101) attitudes toward environmental threats. Finds that males and females, treatment and control groups, and students from different high schools ranked the top three threats based more on personal experience than on whether they had taken environmental-protection classes in school. Contains 26 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Ecology, Environment, Environmental Education
Stolarski, Richard S. – Scientific American, 1988
Discusses the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (1987) and the findings of the British Antarctic Survey (1985). Proposes two theories for the appearance of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica which appears each spring; air pollution and natural atmospheric shifts. Illustrates the mechanics of both. Supports worldwide chlorofluorocarbon…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Chemistry, Climate, Earth Science
Download full textBrody, Michael; And Others – 1988
This study assessed the level of scientific and natural resource knowledge that 4th, 8th, and 11th grade students in Maine possessed concerning acidic deposition. A representative sample of public school students (n=175) was interviewed on 12 concept principles considered critical to a full understanding of the acidic deposition problem. These…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Concept Formation, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ecology
