Seixas, SóniaGonçalves, SusanaDiniz, OlavoFonseca, AnaSeabra, Cláudia2023-07-072023-07-072011-09Seixas, 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. p122http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/14291For 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.engconference object