Conhecendo o Sistema Nervoso: Ações de Divulgação e Popularização da Neurociência Junto a Estudantes da Rede Pública de Educação Básica Knowing the Nervous System: Actions of Neuroscience Divulgation and Popularization with Students of Public Basic Education

This study aimed to report a practice (Brain Awareness Week of Uruguaiana) that was proposed with the aim of contribute with the popularization and dissemination of Neuroscience in the Basic Education. Alongside the Brain Awareness Week we performed activities with students from public basic education. The activities were organized in six steps: (1) disclosure; (2) lecture explaining the functioning of the Central Nervous System; (3) neuroanatomy exposition; (4) practical demonstration of nerve actions; (5) notions of scientific research neuroscience; and (6) evaluation. At the end was verified the opinion of students about the activities carried in the different steps. 98.6% of students expressed interest in learning more about the nervous system. 85.2% reported that the activities proposed in our actions served to awaken their interest on research and science, and when evaluating the actions in general, with a score from 0 to 10, the assigned score was 9.4 ± 0.99. Thus, we can claim that our proposal was well accepted by the students and is considered valid and reaching the aim of promoting the dissemination and popularization of neuroscience.