Addressing Plant Blindness through Nanoscience-Nanotechnology: Development and Evaluation of an Educational Intervention in Primary Schools

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Published: Apr 19, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.9959
Keywords:
lotus effect nanoscience- nanotechnology plant blindness primary school teaching material
Eirini Foulidou
Primary Education
Anna Spyrtou†
University of Western Macedonia
Penelope Papadopoulou
University of Western Macedonia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-8798
Ioannis Lefkos
University of Macedonia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-4588
Giorgos Peikos
University of Western Macedonia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4718-544X
Alexandros Amprazis
University of Western Macedonia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7112-3222
Abstract

This paper describes the development and evaluation of teaching material on the lotus effect. The purpose was to mitigate Plant Blindness of Primary Education students. The teaching material was implemented 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, and explained the lotus effect on natural and artificial products by using terms of Nanoscience-Nanotechnology. However, it was shown that only 6th-grade students were able to observe plants around them more often.


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