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21 Oct 2025
Research article |
| 21 Oct 2025
| 21 Oct 2025
Evaluating the effectiveness of quantitative descriptions of Earth Science phenomena during outreach activities
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Alessandro Tadini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Laura Pieretti
Istituto Istruzione Superiore Galilei-Pacinotti, Pisa 56125, Italy
Damiano Biagini
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Spina Cianetti
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Simone Colucci
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Matteo Cerminara
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Claudia D'Oriano
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Chiara Montagna
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Michele D'Ambrosio
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Raffaello Pegna
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Giuseppe Re
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Francesco Sanseverino
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Carlo Giunchi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Carlo Meletti
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
Tomaso Esposti Ongaro
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56125, Italy
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This study describes two hands-on outreach events: an interactive lesson for high-school students during European Researchers’ Night and a tsunami experiment at Lucca Comics & Games. Surveys showed both groups enjoyed the activities, boosted their grasp of geoscience ideas and grew more positive about science. The work emphasizes the effectiveness of quantitative experiment demonstrations and the need to adapt them to the audience, time available and clear educator coordination.
This study describes two hands-on outreach events: an interactive lesson for high-school...
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