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  • Facilitator organizations enhance learning and action through citizen science: a case study of Girl Scouts’ Think Like a Citizen Scientist journey on SciStarter
Title: Facilitator organizations enhance learning and action through citizen science: a case study of Girl Scouts’ Think Like a Citizen Scientist journey on SciStarter
Award ID(s):
1713562
PAR ID:
10483151
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Routledge
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Environmental Education Research
ISSN:
1350-4622
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 22
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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