Abstract:

Worldwide, the pandemic (covid-19) has affected the way of providing and receiving education, which is why new creative ways have been generated for its development thanks to virtual education, this being one of the factors that influence the creation of new tourist modalities such is the case of educational scientific tourism (TCE) that arises from the union of scientific tourism (TC) and educational tourism (TE). A proposed academic definition based on a systematic review of the literature (RSL) is elaborated. In the Amazon cloud forest, there are not many opportunities for children and adults to access good quality educational, scientific and interactive experiences. Additionally, the constant change and evolution of tourism have been caused by new trends that tourists demand as a result of being more informed and educated. The Center for education in Conservation and Sustainable Development (CDS) in Peru, has identified a potential market to develop, within our operations, scientific tourism activities in an educational dimension integrating the virtual modality. In Oxapampa, Peru we are implementing an educational scientific tourism program about renewable energies, biodiversity, cloud forest and water and plant music from a learning approach to nature and inquiry for science. Our design allows visitors to learn about their community's environment, ecosystem, science and renewable energy issues in a direct experience in the cloud forest. The program includes 6 scientific tours and a route with activities to follow.

The methodology includes learning through research by asking questions such as:
How can you generate energy from nature?
Can plants sing?

Participants play an active role in their learning process by being involved in research through scientific experiments and the use of different technological tools. Preliminary results: pedagogical design aligned with the national curriculum (inquire for science) integrating forest schools and science education. 6 tours in development: reforestation and forest monitoring, biodiversity monitoring, organic garden, compost and compost tea, orchids and conservation, renewable energies and sustainable sanitation, water quality and monitoring bioindicators. At the end of this stage, the educational tours will be validated with focus groups.

Keywords:

Education, Science, Tourism, Amazon, Oxapampa, Cloud Forest.