MICROSCOPY AT SCHOOL: AWAKENING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

Discussions related to practical classes in schools have increased considerably in recent decades.Despite so much modernity and technical-scientific advances, it is noted that the method of teaching Science and Biology is still archaic, because the conditions offered in public education are not adequate, leading to teacher discouragement.With this in mind, the aim of this project was to bring primary and secondary school students closer to the microscopic universe by expanding experimental practices, thereby increasing their level of knowledge about the activities being taught and awakening scientific thinking and greater interest in classes.Three schools were involved, with students from the 6th to the 9th grades of elementary school and from the 1st to the 3rd grades of secondary school, totaling 290 students served with microscopic practices.The students were interested and committed to the activities.There was an exchange of experiences between them, as the involvement and stimuli of the slides exposed to the microscope piqued their curiosity, allowing them to associate theory with practice.