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The present investigation aims to deepen the knowledge regarding the conceptions related to islands and island formation. Children\u2019s diagrams and drawings are prototypical representations of how they view and understand their world and can also illustrate misunderstandings in their knowledge. This study focuses on the conceptions of islands in elementary school children (K-9) and elementary school teachers. For that purpose, the investigation resorted to a small survey based on a drawing task. The sample consisted of 118 elementary school students (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 118), whose ages ranged from 6 to 10 years, and their four elementary school teachers (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 4), whose ages ranged from 43 to 49 years. 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