Chemistry as a Vocation: Just Improve it in High School

Abstract

The teaching of science at high school levels, chemistry in particular, is a portrait of the educational deficit that has been accumulated by Brazil throughout its history. Besides the lack of infrastructure for experimental classes, teachers of this discipline are severely lacked. This article summarizes the results of projects submitted to two calls: Call FAPERJ Nº 08/2012 -Support Production of Teaching Materials for Teaching Activities and/or Survey -2012, of witch objective was to produce 300 kits containing laboratory materials to be distributed to teachers of Chemistry of High Schools of RJ State and Municipal Networks; and FAPERJ Nº 31/2012 -Support Improve Education in Public Network Schools in the State of Rio de Janeiro -2012, whose objective was to organize a laboratory of Chemistry for experimental classes in Colégio Estadual José Veríssimo, located in Magé city. Both the production of kits and the organization of the chemical laboratory were successfully completed and are impacting positively on various Rio de Janeiro schools, in particular, on the Colégio Estadual José Veríssimo, which became a model for Magé and all Rio de Janeiro state schools.