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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Ben is working with Dr Julia Parrish, a professor at the University of Washington, who is also the Executive Director of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), an environmental, hands-on citizen science programme. Ben and Julia used two social science research methods to gather data. 1322820 and 2031884.

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STEM Programs: How to Choose the Right Major

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or ‘why do you think so?’ This will help to encourage their critical thinking, a skill they’ll take with them throughout their lives and into their college higher education. It includes topics such as chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, and geology. Upon asking your child, ‘why did you try it that way?’

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