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Snively, Gloria – Clearing, 1992
Identifies metaphor as a powerful tool when utilized to facilitate concept formation pertaining to global ecological systems and universal concerns. Provides an illustration of how an instructional metaphor, spaceship earth, can be used in the classroom to help students create new meanings for abstract and complex ideas. (MCO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Ecological Factors, Ecology
Scherrer, Wendy Wollam – Clearing, 1988
Describes a project in the Bellingham Cooperative School (Washington) in which teachers and students, along with parents and community volunteers, are involved in a 24-acre wildlife enhancement effort. (TW)
Descriptors: Animals, Ecological Factors, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
