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To evaluate the Earth system holistic view of a group of 8th grade (13\u201315 years old) Portuguese students from a public school of the north of Portugal, an improved conceptual map-based to approach Earth system was investigated. After learning about concept mapping, students were asked to collaborate in the production of four conceptual maps regarding each one of the geochemical and biogeochemical cycles, further combining these maps in a common one. Through teamwork-based task, each group was asked to establish relations between the cycles, integrated into each one of the four Earth subsystems. The final combined maps demonstrated that, in the first phase, students had some difficulties in completing the pre-designed improved maps, being more evident in the rock cycle. Contrarily, the food chain cycle revealed fewer mistakes and more appropriate terms were added. In the second phase, the students exhibited difficulties in relating the cycles to the four subsystems and the remaining cycles, drawing many arrows without any kind of connecting words. Nevertheless, in general, students have realized how to build an improved concept map but do not possess a holistic view of the Earth system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/geosciences10010008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,24]],"date-time":"2019-12-24T10:28:43Z","timestamp":1577183323000},"page":"8","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Improved Concept Map-Based Teaching to Promote a Holistic Earth System View"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4524-9788","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Clara","family":"Vasconcelos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Landing\/Unit of Science Teaching, Earth Science Institute, Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, 4150-179 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Fabio","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Landing\/Unit of Science Teaching, Earth Science Institute, Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, 4150-179 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Rolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Landing\/Unit of Science Teaching, Earth Science Institute, Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, 4150-179 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Beatriz","family":"Moreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Landing\/Unit of Science Teaching, Earth Science Institute, Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, 4150-179 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Mariana","family":"Melo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Landing\/Unit of Science Teaching, Earth Science Institute, Faculty of Sciences of Porto University, 4150-179 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"199","article-title":"Context-based approach in teaching science and technology","volume":"Volume 1","author":"Pehkonen","year":"2007","journal-title":"How Finns Learn Mathematics and Science"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"European Commission (2004). 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