30/01/2024 | Our Blue Planet: Connecting Humans and the Ocean: this is the title of an article recently published by a team from the ZMT in a very unusual research journal. The journal is aimed at young readers between the ages of 8 and 15 and the articles are reviewed by the children themselves - under the guidance of scientific mentors.
Michael Kriegl, scientist at the ZMT and his colleagues dedicated their article to the presentation of a complex topic: social-ecological network analysis and qualitative system modelling. The texts aim to present an entertaining and engaging introduction to a research topic in a language that is accessible to children. The articles may have been created specifically for the journal or they may be an adapted version of an article recently published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The journal "Frontiers for Young Minds" is open access and does not charge for publication.
To the article by the ZMT team
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.1076771
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