Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education

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APA

Gal, A., Gan, D., & Ben Zvi – Assaraf, O. (2021). The Use of The Lesser Kestrel’s Life Cycle to Enhance Elementary School Children’s Understanding of Complex Systems. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 17(1), e2226. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/9152

Vancouver

Gal A, Gan D, Ben Zvi – Assaraf O. The Use of The Lesser Kestrel’s Life Cycle to Enhance Elementary School Children’s Understanding of Complex Systems. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2021;17(1):e2226. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/9152

AMA

Gal A, Gan D, Ben Zvi – Assaraf O. The Use of The Lesser Kestrel’s Life Cycle to Enhance Elementary School Children’s Understanding of Complex Systems. INTERDISCIP J ENV SCI ED. 2021;17(1), e2226. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/9152

Chicago

Gal, Adiv, Dafna Gan, and Orit Ben Zvi – Assaraf. "The Use of The Lesser Kestrel’s Life Cycle to Enhance Elementary School Children’s Understanding of Complex Systems". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education 2021 17 no. 1 (2021): e2226. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/9152

Harvard

Gal, A., Gan, D., and Ben Zvi – Assaraf, O. (2021). The Use of The Lesser Kestrel’s Life Cycle to Enhance Elementary School Children’s Understanding of Complex Systems. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 17(1), e2226. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/9152

MLA

Gal, Adiv et al. "The Use of The Lesser Kestrel’s Life Cycle to Enhance Elementary School Children’s Understanding of Complex Systems". Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, vol. 17, no. 1, 2021, e2226. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/9152