The Implementation of Astronomy as a Teaching-Learning Tool at High School Students in Manaus

Brazil is a country with low emphasis in astronomy education in the Public Educational System. At a very early age, students of the Public Education System have a very poorly introduction in science, the teachers are badly equipped to teach and the problems in our system lead to low qualified professionals and an aversion to science in general. Our work aimed to teach, encourage and inspire high school students that lived and studied at slums and low-income neighborhoods to put science in their lives through astronomy classes and also try to multiply the amount of people that can multiply that knowledge through the world.We went to some schools that really needed support and started a weekly basis class with students that wanted to learn astronomy as they did not have that kind of class growing up. As the classes progressed, the students seemed more interested with the classes at school and more willing to learn what was being taught at school, and as a result they were more inclined to join our University and start learning more about Engineering, Astrophysics, Programing and more. We aim with this work to start a new era of Education in our country were science has a stronger focus in young students, and in the process, creating people that can help build a new, better and well-structured country.