RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Home minerals search: an activity to understand the relationship between geology and society.
A1 López-Fernández, María del Mar
A1 Cano-Iglesias, María José
A1 Hierrezuelo-Osorio, José Manuel
A1 Franco-Mariscal, Antonio Joaquín
K1 Geología - Estudio y enseñanza
K1 Investigación activa en educación
AB Despite the relevance of the study of minerals because of their link to everyday life, the curricula's interest in extending it and the students' interest in learning about them is increasingly reduced. Therefore, the teaching-in-context approach becomes an opportunity to promote this topic in the secondary school classroom as it allows students to reflect on the properties and uses of minerals in everyday life. This work presents a synthesis activity in a teaching-learning sequence on minerals for 12-13 years-old Spanish secondary school students. The activity consists of searching for minerals applications in their own home and creating, together with the whole class, a mural of a house showing the location and use of different minerals. The activity allows students to acquire knowledge about minerals while valuing the importance of these socio-scientific issues for their lives, thus linking geology with society. The students were satisfied with the activity's usefulness, interest and attractiveness and perceived progress in their learning about minerals.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27884
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27884
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026