Abstract

MANECHINE, Selma Rosana Santiago; GABINI, Wanderlei Sebastião; CALDEIRA, Ana Maria de Andrade  and  DINIZ, Renato Eugênio da Silva. The insertion of scientific concepts in the daily pertaining to school. Ens. Pesqui. Educ. Ciênc. [online]. 2006, vol.8, n.1, pp.39-48. ISSN 1983-2117.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-21172006080104.

The present study detaches the valuation of the learning process, emphasizing the integration of disciplines and the contextualization of the teaching process. The integrator instrument of this study was the production of some essential oils, that involved scientific concepts related to Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Geography. After the students had answered to a previous questionnaire about a company, they were invited to visit the its installations, with they teachers and guided to take some informations about a kind of substance, named alfabisabolol, like its raw material exploration, production and trade. It was noticed a great devotion of the students during the activities developed on this project, probably because the subjects were part of their personal, social and cultural reality.

Keywords : high school teaching; interdisciplinarity; teaching of scientific concepts..

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