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Raising Awareness for Sustainable Development Goals Through Hands-On Experiments

With the aim of protecting our planet, the United Nations defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which requires the involvement of all countries to make an endeavour to achieve better living conditions. In this regard, stakeholders such as governments, regional and international organizations, and civil society need to work together to make efforts to meet these objectives. In addition, Higher Educatio...

Physics of Sound to Raise Awareness for Sustainable Development Goals in the Co...

This paper aims to present an interdisciplinary approach intended to raise awareness for Sustainable Development Goals in the context of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) hands-on activities targeted to elementary and secondary school. In particular, contents related to the physics of sound are used to warn about the dangers of noise pollution and its consequences for health, well-being, ...

ProSTEAM – Promover o Ensino das STEAM no âmbito de um projeto Erasmus+

Promoting Education for Sustainable Development: A Collaborative Project Betwee...

This chapter describes good practices developed by a higher education institution from Portugal in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In addition to discussing the role of higher education in society, it also focuses on an intervention project on the local school community aimed at raising awareness and disseminating good attitudes related to Sustainable Development (SD). The...

Design of a Mobile Augmented Reality Platform with Game-Based Learning Purposes

Augmented reality (AR) is an emergent technology that overlays virtual objects into the real environment. Lately, AR is gaining prominence in education because of its increasing affordability through computers or mobile technologies. In addition, research sustaining the benefits of AR to promote student’s engagement to learn is increasing every day. However, the literature identifies lack of studies about the u...

Reabilitação de aquíferos contaminados pela indústria : resultados preliminares...

O Projecto PCTI/CTA/36496/99, Desenvolvimento e Aplicação de Técnicas Mistas Químicas e de Bioremediação na Reabilitação de Aquíferos, foi concebido com o objectivo de contribuir para a eeabilitação das águas subterrâneas do aquífero superior do Seixal, contaminadas pela fábrica de explosivos da Sociedade Portuguesa de Explosivos Lda. (SPEL) e simultaneamente desenvolver metodologias de tratamento in situ. Essa...

Reabilitação de aquíferos contaminados pela indústria : resultados preliminares...

O Projecto PCTI/CTA/36496/99, Desenvolvimento e Aplicação de Técnicas Mistas Químicas e de Bioremediação na Reabilitação de Aquíferos, foi concebido com o objectivo de contribuir para a eeabilitação das águas subterrâneas do aquífero superior do Seixal, contaminadas pela fábrica de explosivos da Sociedade Portuguesa de Explosivos Lda. (SPEL) e simultaneamente desenvolver metodologias de tratamento in situ. Essa...