University extension activities in the context of geoprocessing and water resources in a public high school in Bagé, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Abstract

This paper presents the university extension actions developed at the Dr. Karlos Kluwe State High School, in Bagé, State of Rio Grande do Sul, within the scope of the project “Development of a database of the Negro River bay, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil”, approved in the Program for Initiation in Sciences, Math, Engineering, Creative Technologies and Letters (PICMEL) of the Research Support Foundation from Rio Grande do Sul (Fapergs). The main objective of the extension actions was to train the project's scholarship owners (six students and two teachers from a high school) to work with geoprocessing applied to water resources and territorial management. The method used for the development of the project consisted of: a) definition of extension actions; b) action planning; c) carrying out the planned actions; and d) evaluation of the actions taken. From the completion of the programmed actions, the students were able to elaborate the proposed activities, assisting in the development of the bay area database.