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Teaching scientific method to primary school pupils by using the example of adaptation of secondarily aquatic animals to the marine environment

By: Mateusz Antczak  
Open Access
|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2021-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
Language: English
Page range: 181 - 188
Submitted on: Jun 14, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 8, 2021
Published on: Dec 30, 2021
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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