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1 September 2011 From Cambridge to the Amazon in a Few Simple Steps
Daniel E. Janes, Kelly Swing, Leah M. Cataldo
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Immersive experiences contribute to and enhance diverse curricula. Although more commonly applied to language curricula, student travel has much to offer science courses as well. Here, several options are described for secondary and college-level biology courses to participate in field-based study. The experience of one high school with one Amazonian field station is considered in detail, and several alternative opportunities for science-based student travel are provided as well. Traveling to the Amazon as an extension of classroom-based hypothesis generation and experimental design contextualized content for one high school biology course in a way that is powerful and repcatable.

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Daniel E. Janes, Kelly Swing, and Leah M. Cataldo "From Cambridge to the Amazon in a Few Simple Steps," The American Biology Teacher 73(7), 401-406, (1 September 2011). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2011.73.7.6
Published: 1 September 2011
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KEYWORDS
AMAZON
Ecuador
experimentation
in situ ecology
rainforest
travel
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