Retratos de uma ação extensionista de química para meninas da Educação Básica

This article aims to socialize a Chemistry and Hygiene Thematic workshop, which was part of the extension project Research like a girl. This project intends to reflect and discuss the place of women in society so that it is possible to notice that they also have competence for the Scientific, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics areas, which have been historically dominated by men figures. The workshop was held at the University, more specifically, at the Chemistry Lab. It was planned to take one and a half-hour long and had the participation of eighteen students from public and private schools of elementary education. The workshop had four main moments: i) dialogue about women in science; ii) debate about the Chemistry aspects of soap; iii) get to know the Chemistry Lab and iv) production of liquid soap. The results showed that despite the time the limitation of time and financial resources for the implementation of the thematic workshop, the participants proved to be very participatory, expressing their commitment to the different activities proposed and to the constant questions raised during the workshop. Therefore, we believe that the insertion of female scientists in the school curriculum makes it pertinent not only by the interest of the female students but also to promote female empowerment. We reaffirm that extensionist activities are essential to raising awareness that girls can also occupy science and technology areas, although these areas are mainly male-dominated due to the society's patriarchal construction.