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Birds Of New England And Costa Rica: A Science-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum, Alice M. Ford
Birds Of New England And Costa Rica: A Science-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum, Alice M. Ford
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Students are naturally inquisitive scientists, and successful interdisciplinary curricula access this curiosity by shaping academic studies around students' needs as scientists. Therefore, students are scientists who need opportunities to study and observe the world around them. This curriculum, "Birds of New England and Costa Rica: A Science-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum," is based on children's abilities to observe and question by studying the immediate environment of the students and relating it to another environment. In this way, students compare and contrast relationships in order to construct their own knowledge about birds in New England and in Costa Rica. Through this study, students …