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A scalable framework for protracted research-based engagement with schools which has transformed cutting-edge space science, astronomy, and particle physics into accessible 6-month independent research projects for schools. We explore the considerations made in developing it, detailing the structure, mentoring, and resources offered by active researchers. Evaluation shows this model supports students and teachers to have positive experiences with research, which has been regarded by researchers.

The impacts upon a diverse range of students, teachers, and schools from participating in a programme of protracted university-mentored projects based in cutting-edge physics research are assessed. The lasting impacts on confidence, skills, aspirations, and practice suggest that similar research in schools initiatives may have a role to play in aiding the increased uptake and diversity of physics/STEM in higher education as well as meaningfully enhancing the STEM environment within schools.

In this study, entries in an online collaborative dictionary in Turkey are analyzed. Topics of several earthquakes in Turkey and its surroundings are the focus of the study. Experience of the users during earthquakes are converted into a seismic intensity values which are compared with the models that are used for the prediction of the same metric. It is found that people's experience are correlated with the predictions up to certain distance.

Postsecondary advanced hydrology students often work with electronic sensing systems at field sites but are rarely given the opportunity to build and test electronic circuits used for collection of environmental data. Students constructed custom-designed circuits for water detection and environmental measurement. The circuits taught students about systems theory and hydrological models. This activity motivated learning and showed how circuits are used to collect data for model application.

Earth science (rocks, soils etc.) is often a subject area that causes concern for many primary teachers and trainees who lack confidence in teaching it. The article describes and analyses the workshops offered by the Earth Science Education Unit (Keele) facilitated by enthusiastic earth scientists. The reactions by participants to the appropriate level practical suggestions using cheap resources shows how short CPD can provide valuable confidence building sessions.

Ethical issues in science include research misconduct and the rightful treatment of people, animals, the environment and our planet. Based on interviews with thirteen scientists, we identify a framework of virtues, and corresponding vices, in modern science. We employ the narrative structure of the late medieval poem Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, and draw on its moral universe to explore the scientific virtues and the role of virtue ethics in science.

We explore how earthquakes affect everyday life through a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates historical, artistic and scientific perspectives. The effects of distant earthquakes are investigated using data collected on a seismometer located in the Wills Memorial Building tower in Bristol. We also explore historical accounts of earthquakes and their impact on society and finally, we use the data collected by the seismometer to communicate artistically the Earth's tectonic movements.

Narratives include several characteristics that make them memorable, understandable and enjoyable. To study how memorable different ways are of presenting information is a fundamental task for science communication in order to evaluate materials that not only need to be understood by the general public, but also retained in the long-term as a part of the knowledge appropriation process.

Absurd theories have been gaining adherents without any criticism. And the worst: consolidating. Thus, in order to find solutions for a better understanding of our real theories, it was created the project "The Earth is Flat! Isn’t it? ", Which aims to use performing art as the main communicator to spread science. The first was of integration between Science and Art. The second was dramaturgy along with the creative process. And the third stage was the spectacle.

The paper brings in a scientific context a classical debate within the literary scholars' community: the sources that William Shakespeare used for the Tempest. The play is studied in the context of natural hazard, suggesting that geosciences can help to move the debate forward adding new elements. The paper collects then all the hints that can help placing the island in a Mediterranean context, indicating the playwright as a witness of volcanism in the Sicilian sea.

Part of the INGV activity is focused on production of Educational and Outreach resources on Geophysics and natural hazard. Research results are periodically transferred to public through a plan of scientific dissemination where graphic and visual communication has become an essential point of reference. The paper presents examples of this advanced graphics support and discuss the positive INGV experiences, result of a strict relationship between graphic designers and researchers.

We have continued the interdisciplinary study on climate and music and have developed the crosscutting study plans on the climate and cultural understanding education, for promoting the Fundamental ESD Literacy. This review article re-integrates the results of our studies referring to our papers written in Japanese, mainly paying attention to the regional characteristics of the seasonal cycles and the songs/traditional seasonal events around Germany, Northern Europe and Japan.

We present a new approach in science communication that uses art forms, such as poetry and ancient music, to entice people to learn about landscapes. Our goal is to promote a deeper understanding of landscapes by integrating their origin and physical aesthetic with their cultural and artistic heritage. We aim to educate people to a new perception of site, starting from its physical beauty, building on scientific study and cultural history, and arriving to the knowledge of its social importance.