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Nine private schools and one public school, 26 teachers and 
around 700 students took part in this project. 
The project was developed from May to December in 2003 and 
a second edition will take place in the period of May to 
December in 2004. 
In May 2003, twenty-two schools directors and educational 
coordinators were invited to attend a seminar about the EDUCA 
SeRe Project III and how o use the remote sensing techniques in 
classroom. These schools were invited to take part in the pilot 
project, but just nine have accepted the invitation. 
In August 2003 it was held, in UNISINOS facilities, a training 
course for the teachers that took part in the Pilot Project. The 
course topics were: remote sensing fundamentals, spectral 
behavior, sensor systems, cartography, GPS, remote sensing 
applications, fieldwork activities and how to use the images in 
classroom. INPE researchers that are involved with remote 
sensing activities in the last 20 years and in education activities 
in the last 15 years gave the course. 
Actually, initially just geography teachers were invited for this 
training course. But, after the seminar, because of the positive 
influence of the school directors, many other teachers from 
related disciplines, like history, chemistry, mathematics, and 
physics have asked to the project coordination to joint to the 
project. This made the exchange of information, more 
interesting and fruitful, during the development of the Pilot 
Project. 
It is necessary to explain that this project is not designed just for 
geography teachers. The initial idea was to work with only one 
discipline, just because in this way it is easier to manage all 
project phases. 
The initial idea was to begin with the geography discipline and 
after that, in future phases to extend to other disciplines that are 
in the regular curricula in grammar and high schools. 
After the training course each school have to propose the 
development of four months project about the use of remote 
sensing in geography, with INPE and LASERCA advisory 
In December 2003 it was organized an exposition and two 
seminars, in the UNISINOS campus, about the projects results. 
The first seminar was designed for the teachers to present and to 
explain about their experiences and activities developed during 
the project. 
In the afternoon was organized a seminar where the students 
presented the results of the projects and explained their 
experiences. 
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Figure 5. The exposition at UNISINOS facilities. 
2.2 The schools projects 
The schools developed the following projects: 
e  Colégio Israelita -Study of the environmental changes in 
the Third Perimetral- High schools students, private school 
(15-16 years old); 
*  Colégio Israelita- Remote sensing applied to thermo 
chemist; Comparative study of forest and burning area, the 
CO2 production and it contribution for the green house 
effect, through satellite image - High schools students (16 
years old), private school; 
oe  Colégio Maria Auxiliadora-Canoas city urban process 
development: past and future- High schools students (16 
years old), private school; 
e  Colégio Anchieta- The spatial organization in Porto Alegre 
city-Grammar school students (11 years old, private 
school; 
e Instituto de Educagào Ivoti- The geographical importance 
of the Sinos river-Grammar school students (11 years old, 
private school; 
*  Colégio Coracáo de Maria-Environmental changes as a 
consequence of the Trensurb (urban train) establishment- 
Grammar school students (11 years old, private school; 
e  Colégio Sáo José- Analysis of climatic conditions in July, 
years 2001,2002 and 2003 in Sáo Leopoldo City- Grammar 
(11 years old) and High schools students (16 years old), 
private school; 
e  Colégio Salesiano Dom Bosco- Exploring the Rio Grande 
do Sul state from 1835 up today- Grammar (12 years old) 
and High schools students (16and 17 years old)-private 
school; 
e  Colégio Sinodal-Imperatriz Leopoldina-The environmental 
socio-economic impact provoked by human settlement in