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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-167-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-167-2020
Research article
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06 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2020

Engaging children in geosciences through storytelling and creative dance

Ana Matias, A. Rita Carrasco, Ana A. Ramos, and Rita Borges

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The paper describes an informal education activity focusing on coastal dynamics to engage with 10-year-old students. It combines science concepts, storytelling, and creative dance through six exercises translating wave generation, propagation, and sediment transport. Benefits from these types of activities range from engagement with science to acknowledgement of individual differences. Results of a questionnaire (112 students) show evidences of engagement and willingness to participate further.
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