FNUG Research Seminar October 22, 2026

FNUG Research Seminar with Poster Session and a Presentation on Students’ Understanding of Models Across the Science Disciplines

FNUG invites participants in this research seminar to produce posters presenting their projects or recent work, such as networking activities, new research interests, research findings, and similar.
FNUG's Poster Sessions provide participants with an opportunity to network and explore potential collaborations with researchers, staff, and students affiliated with FNUG. The format is open and informal and works well as an entry point into the research environment.

The Poster Session will conclude with an exhibition and presentations of the posters created during the session.

PROGRAM

Interdisciplinary Work with Models in Science Education Presented by Maria Kirstine Østergaard, Postdoctral Researcher, Aarhus University Abstract Models play a central role in science, but they are used and understood differently across disciplines. In this talk, experiences and findings from an intervention project in upper secondary school will be presented, in which students work with models across physics, chemistry, and biology. The project investigates how encounters between different disciplinary modelling traditions can contribute to developing and nuancing students' understanding of the concept of models, and how models at the same time can serve as a shared focal point for interdisciplinary work. Drawing on concrete teaching activities and examples of students' work, the talk discusses how students' understanding of models develops through both modelling activities and reflection on the purpose, function, and use of models. The project's preliminary findings and perspectives for interdisciplinary science education will also be presented.
12:00-13:00	FNUG joint lunch. Bring your own food
13:00-13:45	Title: Interdisciplinary Work with Models in Science Education. Presenter: Maria Kristine Østergaard, Postdoc, Aarhus University
13:45-14:00	Break
14:00-14.45	Poster session, facilitated by Associate Professor Dorte Moeskær Larsen. Participants are invited to create individual posters presenting their projects. Researchers will create posters presenting their most recent or ongoing work.
14:45-15:00	Break
15:00-15:45	Exhibition of posters. Presentations and sharing of knowledge
15:45-16:00	Wrap up and thank you for today

Where

FNUG's meeting room

Presenter

Maria Kirstine Østergaard, Postdoctoral Researcher, DPU

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