Projeto Zoot Kids: da Sala de Aula ao Curral

This study aims to present the project entitled Zoot Kids. In this activity, elementary schools in the city of Santa Maria (RS) are invited to visit the animal research laboratories related to the Zootechnics course. In visits organized and guided by the members of the Tutorial Education Program - PET Animal Science, children have the opportunity to touch, smell, feed and get to know the laboratory facilities that have sheep, laying and cutting birds, rabbits, beef and dairy cattle, horses and chinchillas. The tour makes it possible for many totally urban children to discover an unknown animal world. For the group members, it is a unique experience of information exchange and personal and emotional growth.