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EJ587581 EA535837
Title: Sisters in Science: An Intergenerational Science Program for Elementary School Girls.Author(s): Hammrich, Penny L.
Source: School Community Journal, v8 n2 p21-35 Fall-Win 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 1059-308X
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN2000
Once a week,
several classrooms of Philadelphia 4th-grade girls participate in
Sisters in Science, an afterschool, intergenerational program sponsored
by Temple University that provides hand-on activities exploring
urban environmental issues. A two-week summer camp program helps
these students explore the rivers of Philadelphia. Participants
benefit enormously. (44 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: After School Programs; *Career Education; College School
Cooperation; *Cooperative Learning; Discovery Learning; Educational
Benefits; Environmental Education; *Females; Grade 4; Hands on Science;
*Intergenerational Programs; Intermediate Grades; Learning Activities;
Mathematics Achievement; Program Descriptions; *Science Programs;
*Service Learning; Summer Programs; Urban Schools
Identifiers: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Science Achievement; *Single
Sex Classes; Temple University PA
