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The Earth and environmental challenges facing our global society in the twenty-first century require robust understandings of the complexities of the ever-changing Earth system. Therefore it is critically important for Earth Science to be a central part of the secondary school science curriculum for all students, regardless of location or status. In some ways Earth Science may be considered the easiest of the science disciplines for students to learn about.
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Rivet, A.E. (2017). Teaching Methods For Earth Science. In: Sickel, A.J., Witzig, S.B. (eds) Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-881-5_12
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