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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

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