Research and didactics

RESEARCH AND DIDACTICS

GEOCENTER MØNS KLINT LIVES BY COMMUNICATING NATURE AND SCIENCE.

GeoCenter Møns Klint is therefore interested in both natural science and didactic research. We have, among other things, worked together with various universities in Denmark, Germany and Portugal.

In 2012, we planned and carried out a dinosaur excavation in Greenland, which led to a number of geological and palaeontological research projects at the universities involved and also to a dinosaur exhibition, which was exhibited at the GeoCenter Møns Klint for 10 years, until 2023.

This dinosaur exhibition also became the starting point for a multi-year didactic research project, in collaboration with the Department of Science Education (IND) at the University of Copenhagen, where then PhD student Eliza Jarl Estrup investigated exhibition design, including in relation to the dissemination of fossils and geology, but also in relation to the scientific competence of the population (scientific literacy).