Animated Science: an audiovisual project developed by La UB divulga to teach children scientific concepts

The first episode is centred on the experimentation phase, in which characters develop different experiments that lead them to the analysis of results.
The first episode is centred on the experimentation phase, in which characters develop different experiments that lead them to the analysis of results.
Research
(04/02/2015)

La UB divulga releases the project Animated Science which aims at creating a collection of audiovisual resources to bring children closer to scientific concepts in an amusing way. The first episode, available on the site of the project, describes the scientific method and each of the phases that compose it.

The first episode is centred on the experimentation phase, in which characters develop different experiments that lead them to the analysis of results.
The first episode is centred on the experimentation phase, in which characters develop different experiments that lead them to the analysis of results.
Research
04/02/2015

La UB divulga releases the project Animated Science which aims at creating a collection of audiovisual resources to bring children closer to scientific concepts in an amusing way. The first episode, available on the site of the project, describes the scientific method and each of the phases that compose it.

The main character observes the phenomenon that is going to be analysed, in this case the growth of a plant and factors affecting it. First, he makes a hypothesis. Then, together with his partners, he designs an experiment to prove the hypothesis. The first episode is centred on the experimentation phase, in which characters develop different experiments that lead them to the analysis of results, which is the end of the episode.

Claudi Mans, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering from the UB, has given scientific advice on the creation of the series of episodes. He has validated the development of stories to guarantee the correct transfer of scientific contents into visual language. Episodes are available in Catalan, Spanish and English.

The site Animated Science will collect the rest of episodes, as well as related clips and teaching materials.

The project has been developed by the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC+i) of the Communication Unit of the University of Barcelona, supported by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) - Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.