Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1980
Abstract
Science youth activities (extracurricular science activities) involve millions of young people at the elementary and secondary school level. Such activities are popular with young people and with teachers because they offer values different from those provided by classroom work and the required laboratory. National science youth activity programs include science fairs and the International Science and Engineering Fair, the Science Talent Search, and a number of other programs. For activities involving research, animals have been increasingly used because of the increased sophistication of the students doing the work. While some projects using vertebrates may be done poorly, it is suggested that these are a relatively small number, and that the good far outweighs the bad. Thus, the answer to improving the situation is education, not regulation.
Recommended Citation
Sherburne, Jr., E.G. (1980). Science youth activities and animal experimentation. In H. McGiffin & N. Brownley (Eds.), Animals in education: Use of animals in high school biology classes and science fairs (pp. 77-84). Washington, DC: The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems.
Included in
Educational Methods Commons, Humane Education Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Comments
ANIMALS IN EDUCATION is the proceedings of the conference, "The Use of Animals in High School Biology Classes and Science Fairs," held September 27-28, 1979 in Washington, D.C. which was sponsored by The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems, 2100 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. in connection with The Myrin Institute for Adult Education, 521 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021.