With the narrative, the scientific content of radioactive poisoning is visited in
order to introduce the NOS perspective. One of the key discussions with the teachers
focuses on a note from the newspaper Nacio´n (Alonso and Arriagada 2006) that
calls the site of the accident the ‘Chilean Springfield’, and makes other references to
‘The Simpsons’. The article is written in a heavily dramatic tone and includes
scientific imprecisions and misrepresentations, which can be fruitfully examined
with teachers using meta-theoretical concepts.