1. Intel Confidential — Do Not Forward Transforming Schools to Transform Countries The Impact of Local Initiatives of Science Education

2. 2015 Intel ISEF Educator Academy Pittsburgh, PA Heitor Santos President, ABRIC May 12, 2015

3. 3 Who am I? Where? Recife, Brazil What? A research on a nutritional education methodology for public schools With whom? University of São Paulo, Federal University of Pernambuco

4. 4 What about it?

5. 5 What about Brazil? 2010: Brazil won 19 awards at Intel ISEF In 2010, the Brazilian government launched a financial support to science fairs… … but there was still no program to equip students and teacher with skills to work on a research-based pedagogy.

6. 6 How do we do it? -Regional Coordinators Program -Local Initiatives of Science Education -Participation in Science Fairs

7. 7 Regional Coordinators Program 40 Regional Coordinators 30 Cities 16 States 507% increase in the number of applicants (2014-15) Goal: Preparing a national network of capacitated volunteers who are able to create local communities of scientific education

8. 8 Local Initiatives of Science Education Regional Coordinators work regionally in schools, organizing meetings to stimulate students and teachers to get involved with Science. In 2014, we were able to reach 1845 students.

9. 9 Participation in Science Fairs Our goal is to stimulate students to continue working on their projects, by providing them with awards which have significant repercussions in their communities In 2014 we participated in 14 science fairs and awarded about 200 students.

10. 10 How do we transform students in researchers? Available online at: scientiaprima.incentivoaciencia.com.br Brazil’s first and only journal dedicated to the publication of research reports written by young Brazilian scientists.

11. 11 Communicating with Policymakers -Participation at the 2014 Intel Educator Academy, Latin America – Lima, Peru -Official Meetings with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil -Participation at Going Global 2014

12. 12 Reaching students through Social Media -Our number of monthly visitors increase from 307 in January to 6,957 in December

13. 13 Reaching students through Social Media -A YouTube channel with testimonies from young Brazilian scientists, targeted at High School Students

14. 14 Reaching students through Social Media -A YouTube channel with testimonies from young Brazilian scientists, targeted at High School Students

15. 15 Reaching students through Social Media -Our website provides students with a calendar of all science fairs and youth-related science events happening in Brazil

16. 16 Summarizing… -Seja Cientista: Stimulating students to start and continue doing research -Preparing of a team of qualified volunteers -Commissioning volunteers to go and impact schools -Stimulating students to keep working on their projects -Scientia Prima: Transforming students in researchers by making their research reports available to the scientific community.

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