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The impact of learning marine biodiversity “by doing”, in 8th school year students
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For Students from the 8th school year of the
Portuguese educational system, Natural Sciences and
Project Area units are mandatory. With the objective of
learning marine biodiversity “by doing”, an activity
involving both units was implemented during 6 months.
Firstly students were given a conference by external
experts. Secondly students worked in the field (intertidal
platform - protect Biophysics of Avencas) collecting
animals and registering the biodiversity. Thirdly, in the
lab, they tried to identify the species collected. Finally, at
the classroom, students prepared different types of works:
models, posters, films, PowerPoint’s, etc. The best works
were submitted to the national contest KIT MAR. To
evaluate the impact on students, surveys were
implemented before and after. Results demonstrated that
students appreciated the methodology and knowledge has
improved.
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Seixas, S., Gonçalves S., Diniz O., Fonseca, A., Seabra C. 2011. The impact of learning marine biodiversity “by doing”, in 8th school year students. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hands-on Science. Costa MF, Dorrío BV, Divjak S (Eds.); 2011, 15-17 September; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. p122