GENERAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Establishment of a citizen science project in chemistry and assessment of students’ attitudes towards science, chemistry, and marine litter.
Development and implementation of a portable, low-cost teaching kit to promote student awareness and involvement in water quality, through sampling coastal waters and analyzing their physical and chemical properties.
Creation of analogies between chemistry and music for teaching elementary chemistry in secondary schools, followed by thorough evaluation.
Design and evaluation of experimental and simulation-based procedures with automatic data acquisition to enhance submicroscopic reasoning and procedural skills.
Characterization of best practices to promote Education for Sustainable Development and transformative learning.
Development of a non-invasive and replicable method for evaluating science communication activities.
Creation of a digital prototype in virtual reality environments, scientifically depicting the water column and the entire ecosystem of hydrothermal vents to communicate cutting-edge marine science through immersive virtual reality.
Characterization of science communication practices in Portuguese Research and Development Units, engaging scientists in a collaborative effort to communicate science.