5 August 2016

CEC Serrinha students participate in an activity in the rural community Barra do Vento (BA)

Posted in August 5, 2016

05/08/2016

Text and photos: CEC Serrinha Disclosure

Edition: Ariane Mondo – Ascom ISD

foto5 — Students take advantage of an outdoor experience to learn about production and consumption cisterns in one of the community's houses. (Click on the image to enlarge)

From July 18 to 21, 2016, students from Science and Robotics Workshop of Science Education Center (CEC), located in Serrinha (BA), developed environmental study activities in the Barra do Vento community association, located 10 km from the municipality of Serrinha. These activities take students from all CECs to learning experiences outside of school (see HERE article about environmental studies at CEC Natal that took students to a mineral water factory).

They were accompanied by the coordinator of the Science and Robotics workshop, Gideon Nunes, and by the assistant, Camila Andrade, and during the visit they were able to see how the planting process takes place and observe whether or not electromechanical equipment is used. In addition, by closely observing the community's processes, the students were able to better understand how the community organization of producers is formed and pay attention to the challenges of the community living in a place without access to running water and which makes intensive use of cisterns. During the time they spent in Barra do Vento, they were able to learn about building vegetable gardens, planting, geographical aspects of the local landscape and small crop fields.

Jucicleide Ramos, presidente da Associação Comunitária de Barra do Vento — Jucicleide Ramos, president of the Barra do Vento Community Association. (Click on the image to enlarge)

During the visit, the students were at the home of a farmer registered with the National School Feeding Program (Pnae) and participated in a conversation circle with Jucicleide Ramos, president of the local Community Association, who explained how the entity works and how important it is for the community's residents.

At the end of this environmental study, it was possible to compare the automated irrigation projects for vegetable gardens built by the Science and Robotics Workshop at CEC Serrinha, with the technologies used by producers in the community.

Gedeão explains that the expected objectives of the activity were achieved: “We realized that most of the students enjoyed the experience. They understood the importance of the Association, and also expressed themselves in relation to their experiences with the countryside and family farming.”