A Universidade e o Projeto Ciencia na Escola e na Familia: relato de uma experiência

Abstract

This paper describes a project involving “E.E. Pedro de Mello”, an under graduate public school located at Tupi district, in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo, in a partnership with the Centro Ecológico Flora Guimarães Guidotti (Ecological Center Flora Guimarães Guidotti), and supported by the Culture and Extension Fund from the Associate Dean´s Office of Culture and Extension of the University of São Paulo, with the following objectives: a) to strengthen the bond between Escola de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture) and Piracicaba’s community; b) to contribute to scientific inclusion and multidisciplinary understanding of science education; c) to contribute with environmental debate at school; d) to diffuse sustainable, creative and low coast technologies at school and it’s neighborhood. The results and discussions allowed to conclude that the objectives where reasonably reached, with workshops and Physics shows that provided the discussion, construction and implementation of the technologies in the school; the visits to the Ecological Center also provided the interaction with the operating technologies. All the activities used didactical material especially produced for the teachers.