More than 500 students from public and private schools in Greater Natal participated in the 1st Science Fair and Scientific Exhibitions at the Santos Dumont Institute (ISD) during the first week of October. The event, supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), brought together children and teenagers around activities such as short courses, visits to laboratories, poster exhibitions and work awards. highlighted.
One of the award-winning projects was presented by student Ana Júlia Lopes, from Escola Agrícola de Jundiaí, who developed a gamified application to stimulate the development of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “I chose this topic because children with ADHD suffer a lot of prejudice in various areas of society, so I saw an opportunity to help them, which makes me very happy,” says Júlia.
In addition to her, other students presented work in areas such as emotions, food and new technologies. Fair participants also had the opportunity to learn about, through short courses led by ISD master's students, the universe of robotics, microscopy, memory and 3D printing.
Anderson Ribeiro, teacher at the Deputado Jessé Pinto Freire Filho State School (CAIC), in Macaíba, says he is ecstatic about the event. For him, seeing students engaged with science is a privilege. “Many of our students don’t believe in the world we present to them through classes and books, so these initiatives have positive impacts. My goal is for students to become increasingly competitive and realize the value they have. We have a lot of talent here”, he comments. In this edition, two students from the Jessé Pinto school were awarded by the Fair's scientific committee.
ISD research teachers, Andressa Radiske and Carolina Gonzalez, members of the organizing committee, share the same feeling as the teacher. “It is a great satisfaction to witness children's joy when they see for the first time how a microscope works or how a robot can be programmed. The moment of the award was also very exciting, as the celebration always included the medalists and the school”, said Andressa.
According to Carolina Gonzalez, fairs of this type are capable of stimulating interest in research in young people, “in addition to promoting creativity, investigative capacity, safety and teamwork”. For Fair participants, the good news doesn't stop: in the coming weeks, the organizing committee will publish, via email, the names of the students who will win a CNPq Junior Scientific Initiation scholarship to develop scientific and technological research activities at ISD .
Check out the list of students awarded during the Fair:
Award winners day 1
Category High School
Featured work: Ana Júlia Santos Lopes. Jundiaí Agricultural School
1st place: Lucas Tomaz de Moura and Lyssandra Cardoso da Paz. IFRN from Ceará Mirim
2nd place: Antônio Batista Das Neves Neto. CEEP Prof. Amazonina Teixeira de Carvalho.
3rd place: Jhonatan Oliveira De Lira, Caio Henrique Jardelino Lima, Laiza Camilly Melo De Oliveira, Maria Eduarda Ferreira De Souza, Vanzhayon Sousa Dos Santos, Jonas Ribeiro De Azevedo Filho. Jundiaí Agricultural School.
Best poster: Maria Julia Dalpra Freire. CIS south zone
Elementary Education Category:
Ryan Rodrigues Silva
Thauan Vithor Rodrigues De Souza
João Pedro Ferreira do Nascimento
Expansive College
Award winners day 2
Category High School
Featured work: Vitor Carvalho Silva, Escola Agrícola Jundiaí
1st place: Maria Eduarda Dantas de Oliveira, Rozianny Freire Alves, Marcos Aurélio Lima Bezerra da Silva, Débora Gabrielly de Oliveira Matias. SESI Natal/SGA School.
2nd place: Natan Felipe Garcia Pinheiro Coelho, Wesley Davi Tavares De França. EE Deputy Jessé Pinto Freire Filho, Macaíba.
3rd place: Thaynná Rodrigues de Araújo, Michelly Julianna Silva Medeiros Pinheiro, Isabelle Pinheiro Gonzaga. Expansive College
Category Scientific Initiation / Post-secondary technician / University
1st place: Luan Luis Magioli Barros, Rafael Pessoa Borba Leite, Gustavo Gonçalves Maciel. Jundiaí Agricultural Schools
2nd place: Allison Lucas de Albuquerque Pinheiro, Evilyn Vitória de Oliveira Sousa, Molisca Lucia Varela de Souza. ISD
3rd place: Gabriel Fernandes Borges. ISD
Text: Leandro Vieira / Ascom – ISD
Photograph: Leandro Vieira / Ascom – ISD
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Santos Dumont Institute (ISD)
It is a Social Organization linked to the Ministry of Education (MEC) and includes the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences and the Anita Garibaldi Health Education and Research Center, both in Macaíba. ISD's mission is to promote education for life, forming citizens through integrated teaching, research and extension actions, in addition to contributing to a fairer and more humane transformation of Brazilian social reality.
