Forecast—Cloudy With a Chance of Educational Reform: A New Weather & Water Partnership Offers Some Relief From the Drought

by: Harry Helling, Susan Magdziarz, Jennifer Long, Melissa Laughlin, Jacqueline Kasschau, and Jessica Camp

The Ocean Institute (OI) is dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of the ocean environment. Its 9-week Weather & Water program is intended to interface the very frontier of ocean science with the needs of fifth-grade teachers and classrooms. Weather & Water seeks to improve test scores on standardized assessments and to model best practices in inquiry-based science.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2008Stock # PB192X5_8

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