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Teaching Through Modeling: Four Schools' Experiences in Sustainability Education

Amy Lyons Higgs School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Victoria M. McMillan White Mountain School, Bethlehem, New Hampshire
Pages 39-53 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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