Teaching and Learning Geology as a Way to Develop Thinking and Encourage Positive Attitudes Towards Science

The need to promote scientific literacy and the development of high-order capacities to provide a quality response to students in keeping with the new society has produced a growing interest in approaches that show contextualised science and in movements that promote learning to think to learn.Therefore, the objective of this project was to design materials and activities with scientific content from the inquiry point to favour these aspects and encourage vocation.The design to unite research and school reality has been mixed using the LeTiS scale and the qualitative analysis of the students' production.The study results showed that the designed activities promoted the beginning development of scientific and thinking skills.In addition, it is considered that the proposal applied through a more lasting intervention can improve positive attitudes towards science.In conclusion, it is highlighted that the didactic resources developed were effective, allowing the improvement of the scientific culture and the creation of a culture of thought.