Science in the Park

science exhibit in the city of Mossoro and region

Abstract

Working the instruction of science in public spaces is a challenge that has been accepted by many education and research institutions. Particularly the universities, which take on the task of popularizing scientific knowledge in shifting outside their walls, and create non-formal educational spaces through extension activities. Therefore, the necessity to highlight activities that spread the findings of scientific research is an undeniable agenda for a society that searches for information and values scientific knowledge. To that end, the project Science in the Park has been developing scientific education and scientific popularization  activities in non-formal educational spaces in the cities of Rio Grande do Norte, making possible the discernment and appreciation of science through promoting science exhibitions, workshops, and exposures in the most diverse scientific areas. In spaces mostly used for leisure, the project gathers academic community, researchers and civil society in the creation of environments that allow observing, questioning, experimentation and understanding of topics that lead to the solidity and security of scientific advances and discoveries.