Approach to the theme Aedes aegypti in elementary schools in Barreirinhas, State of Maranhão, Brazil

Abstract

The present experience report aims to present information about the realization of an extension project by the Biology Sciences course, Federal Institute of Maranhão, Campus Barreirinhas, by the title “Health in focus: combating Aedes aegypti in the municipality of Barreirinhas, Maranhão”, carried out with elementary students from the 6th to the 9th years in municipal schools. The methodological strategies used were lectures, educational exhibitions, theater play and production and (virtual) distribution of booklets. A total contingent of 600 students was reached, this group being divided between boys, girls and even people with physical and visual disabilities. In the view of the students, the whole extension action was very valid, profitable and brought a lot of knowledge to the problematic theme. The extension activity proved to be very pertinent and necessary for the citizen formation process of the target individuals, since it was possible to present, in a more differentiated and dynamic way, a subject that still raises many doubts to the students.