WITH EYES IN THE SKY: SCIENTIFIC DISCLOSURE FOR CHILDREN IN NON-FORMAL SPACE

• Autor(a) principal: Andrade, Alexandra Nascimento de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Gonzaga, Adana Teixeira Gonzaga, Gonçalves, Carolina Brandão
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Reamec
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/12684
• topic: Kids; Astronomy; Scientific divulgation; Democratization of Science; Non-formal space; Crianças; Astronomia; Divulgação Científica; Democratização da Ciência; Espaço nãoformal; Niños; Astronomía; Divulgación científica; Democratización de la ciencia; Espacio no formal

This article discusses an experience - Exhibition With an Eye on the Sky - held at Largo São Sebastião, Manaus - AM, in partnership with the Amazon Museum, a supplementary organ of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), which aimed to analyze the interest of children in Astronomy themes, identifying their previous knowledge and curiosities about the themes involving celestial bodies, thus highlighting the importance of museums for the democratization of science, from the child audience. The article has a qualitative approach, with a descriptive focus. The data management technique was participant observation, through recordings, footage and photographs, through smartphones, which helped us to list in five categories: 1) curiosities; 2) reactions; 3) desire to know the celestial bodies; 4) knowledge presented; and, 5) The importance of democratizing science activities in non-formal spaces. According to the results, the children showed interest in participating in the activities, talking to each other and to the researchers, answering questions about the planets and learning some curiosities (size of the planets in the solar system, how many planets have rings, others). The study made it possible to show a practice of scientific dissemination carried out in a non-formal space with children of various nationalities, ages and social classes, demonstrating the need for more practices involving scientific themes for this audience.