Science for all program in the semi-arid region of Rio Grande do Norte. Institutional project that currently represents one of the main national university interaction programs and basic education, with intense support from the PPGCA. This program aimed to stimulate interest of young from distant regions of the semi-arid hinterland for science, helping professors and students of basic education to understand the logic and simplicity of the scientific method, stimulating in young people the development of the inquiring spirit that characterizes the scientist, producing fruits that thrill us and encourage us to continue this project. The actions developed annually involve training professors and multipliers on the scientific method; project development workshops; monitoring of project execution activities; science fair in schools; science fair in the regional boards, Science Fair of the Semi-arid Potiguar and finally development of works by students in universities, with scholarships for junior scientific initiation and participation in National and International Science Fairs. In this scenario, PPGCA professors and students contributed by assisting in laboratory activities of research projects, in the evaluation of works to be selected for scientific competitions and offering a workshop with the most varied themes. As examples, professor Alex Augusto Gonçalves assisted in the project entitled Use of marine shells as a sustainable alternative for dental treatment (transformation of the shell into powder) of students from Tibau, RN. In addition, professor José Luiz Costa Novaes assisted in the project young talents directly linked to the Science Fair.
UFERSA Pollinator Trail. The UFERSA Pollinator Trail, located within the Experimental Station of the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid is an educational tour, where students and students of basic education (elementary school, high school) learn about the importance of native plants from the Caatinga and the interactions between plants and pollinators. In 2018, the Pollinator Trail was visited by six classes of basic education in schools in the municipality of Mossoró.
ASA space. The ASA Space on the central campus of the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid brings together a scientific meliponary and a garden for stingless bees and is dedicated to both research and environmental education, where the visitor can discover the importance of bees and other pollinators in the ecosystem Caatinga. The Espaço ASA area houses a meliponary, a “hotel” for solitary bees (bees that do not live in colonies) and a restored area with plants important for the bees of the Caatinga biome. In 2018, Espaço ASA received visits by thirteen classes of basic education in schools in the municipality of Mossoró.
Knowing the Wild Animals. Activity promoted by professor Carlos Ibere Alves Freitas, individually, within the knowledge of students of basic education in wild animals, giving the lecture Venomous and poisonous animals / Particularities of the zoonoses of wild animals and offering the exhibition in the Mauricio de Oliveira Municipal Park from the city of Mossoró.
Biocompatibility assessment of plasma-treated titanium surfaces applied to implant production under the coordination of professor Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura. Approved by Edital FAPERN / SEEC No. 01/2018 – PIBIC Jr, which had as its central objective the approval of junior scientific initiation scholarships for students of basic education to acquire technical and scientific knowledge at the university while still in basic education. The project allowed researchers and students from the Animal Science Graduate Program to interact with students and professors at the Gilberto Rola State School, located in the district of Maísa, rural area of Mossoró RN. The project provides high school students with learning, mastery and application of the scientific method, as well as the development of critical training and creativity, in direct confrontation with the problems arising from research.
The scientific method as a learning tool. Also approved by Edital FAPERN / SEEC Nº 01/2018 – PIBIC Jr, under the coordination of professor Cristiano Queiroz Albuquerque, this project recruited five students from public schools to study basic aspects of fish ecology. It aims to use practical classes and guided discussions to encourage the discovery and understanding of the scientific method focused on aquatic ecology, which is the basis of my line of research.
Knowing the advances in fishing engineering. Activity promoted by professor Gustavo Henrique Gonzaga, at the Professor José de Freitas Nobre State School in Mossoró-RN, as part of the activities of PET-Engenharia de Pesca.
