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Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses
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The Impact Of A Science Field Camp Experience On Students' Learning Of Environmental Concepts, Madison E. Brown
The Impact Of A Science Field Camp Experience On Students' Learning Of Environmental Concepts, Madison E. Brown
Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses
Environmental education has garnered progressively more attention in recent years as global concerns of climate issues and conservation become increasingly prevalent. Educating young students is essential to developing a generation of stewards that are knowledgeable of their environmental impact and motivated to incite positive change in their surroundings. Using a mixed-methods study, a quantitative and qualitative analysis was conducted to evaluate the Creek Critters class as part of the residential program at the Ozark Natural Science Center. Students attending the program were given pre-and post-assessments that evaluated their knowledge of the concepts of water quality and benthic macroinvertebrates discussed at …