Utilization of Nanoscience- Nanotechnology in addressing plant blindness: development and evaluation of educational material in Primary Education

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Published: Apr 3, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.7689
Keywords:
plantblindness nanoscience - nanotechnology primary schoool teaching material lotus effect
Eirini Foulidou
University of Western Macedonia School of Social Sciences and Humanities Department of Primary Education
Anna Spyrtou
Penelope Papadopoulou
Ioannis Lefkos
Giorgos Peikos
Alexandros Amprazis
Abstract

This paper describes the development and evaluation of teaching material on the lotus effect phenomenon. The purpose was to mitigate plant blindness of Primary Education students. The teaching material was addressed to 29 students of the 5th and 6th grades of an urban primary school. The results showed that the students of both grades recognized the value of plants, defined Nanoscience- Nanotechnology and explained the lotus effect on natural and artificial products by using scientific terms. However, it was shown that only 6th-grade students were able to observe plants around them spontaneously.

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