Scientific curiosity as an alternative to motivate the learning of Natural Sciences.

This article is the result of the author's didactic the author's didactic work in the process of teacher training for the for the teaching of Natural Sciences, and particularly Geography, in the in particular Geography, in basic secondary education. secondary school. Its objective is to propose possible possible variants of teaching tasks with the use of scientific curiosities that contribute to scientific curiosities that contribute to the motivation for the study of the the study of Natural Sciences in the seventh grade of basic secondary education. of basic secondary education. It is the one of the most important components in this sense, since it conditions the the student's active participation in the process of appropriation of the the active participation of the student in the process of appropriation of the contents and stimulates them to learn. In the realization of In the realization of this objective, answers are given to questions such as: what is curiosity? What is curiosity? What role do curiosity and willingness play in learning? what is the curious teaching task? and What are the stages of the inquisitive teaching task? curious?