The authors selected the animation film using criteria of soundtrack, animated character, short duration, age-appropriate content, and depiction of planetary motion¶

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q1 i? The film Paxi - The Solar System was chosen because it had a soundtrack, explanations from an animated character, viewing time under 5-6 minutes, age-adapted information, and showed planet movement that 2D materials could not represent. → Vereș 2020

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Vereș 2020¶

Vereș, S. & Magdaș, I. (2020). The Use of Animation Film in Forming Representations about the Planet Earth and the Solar System. Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 9(1), 38-59. https://doi.org/10.23741/RRGE120183

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Authors' account of comparing three YouTube animated films (ESA's Paxi, The Children's World, CuriostyLand) before selecting one for the experimental lesson. This is the authors' stated rationale, not a tested result.

"We chose to use the movie Paxi - The Solar Sy stem because we wanted to have a soundtrack, the explanations to be offered by an animated character, the viewing time not to exceed 5- 6 minutes, the information to be adapted to the children’ s age and the animation to give students the m ovement of the planets, an aspect that could not be represented by the illustrative materials in 2D format."

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