Modular Science Kit as a support platform for STEM learning in primary and secondary school (2024)

Rogosic, R., Heidt, B., Passariello-Jansen, J., Björnör, S., Bonni, S., Dimech, D., Arreguin-Campos, R., Lowdon, J., Jiménez Monroy, K. L., Caldara, M., Eersels, K., van Grinsven, B., Cleij, T. J. (2021). Modular Science Kit as a support platform for STEM learning in primary and secondary school. Journal of Chemical Education, 98(2), 439-444. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01115

Rogosic, Renato ; Heidt, Benjamin ; Passariello-Jansen, Juliette et al. / Modular Science Kit as a support platform for STEM learning in primary and secondary school. In: Journal of Chemical Education. 2021 ; Vol. 98, No. 2. pp. 439-444.

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Rogosic, R, Heidt, B, Passariello-Jansen, J, Björnör, S, Bonni, S, Dimech, D, Arreguin-Campos, R, Lowdon, J, Jiménez Monroy, KL, Caldara, M, Eersels, K, van Grinsven, B, Cleij, TJ 2021, 'Modular Science Kit as a support platform for STEM learning in primary and secondary school', Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 439-444. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01115

Modular Science Kit as a support platform for STEM learning in primary and secondary school. / Rogosic, Renato; Heidt, Benjamin; Passariello-Jansen, Juliette et al.
In: Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 98, No. 2, 09.02.2021, p. 439-444.

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Rogosic R, Heidt B, Passariello-Jansen J, Björnör S, Bonni S, Dimech D et al. Modular Science Kit as a support platform for STEM learning in primary and secondary school. Journal of Chemical Education. 2021 Feb 9;98(2):439-444. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01115