Aquaponia: aquicultura e agricultura contribuindo para a educação do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

Aquaculture is an activity that involves reproduction to the growth of organic organisms, such as plants (macroalgae and microalgae) and animals (fish, mollusks, crusts, amphibians, and reptiles) plus different types of farms with excavated, known ponds, lakes, and /or tanks; in dams; in rivers; in lagoons and sea. As for the production system, we can divide it into extensive, semi-intensive, and intensive/super-intensive, varying according to stocking densities, feed supply, flow, and several structures, as well as the number of specific species and cultivation up to in integrated systems with other organisms. A has become a very commented topic lately, it has become in the most diverse environments, whether in cities, in the countryside, in Brazil, and the world, just gives an aquaponics on Youtube and be amazed, by the number of videos about small units from domestic to true aquaponic farms with state-of-the-art technology. Our objective was to accompany, Describe the Educational Aquaponics unit of Serra do Meio, Bodó/RN in its detail; Review the literature on the use of aquaponics as an educational system, and verify a successful case of aquaponics in education. The Aquaponics unit was built between January and February 2019, in the town of Serra do Meio, in the municipality of Bodó/RN, located under positions -6.051293 South and -36.523024 West. The team that participated in this activity was made up of civil society, municipal, and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Conclusion in the writing of this work, that aquaponics is inserted in education at its various levels, from kindergarten, through the gymnasium, high school, technical and higher, being a precious educational tool.