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This research principal aim is the development of a pedagogical proposal for the geographical curriculum, using as a didactic device the comic book "Malu and the Rooster Weather". This story portrays the importance of weather forecast in the routine activities in the countryside and in the city, joining together the popular and the scientific knowledge. This proposal was applied in two municipal schools of Rio Claro City (State of São Paulo), at the initial series. The feasibility of this innovative proposal was realized through educational workshops whose results showed that knowledge meets lived in school spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is the result of the project developed by Research Group GEOCLIMA the Universidade Federal da Bahia, called "media journalinm and teaching os school climate", which aims to analyse how the print media conveys information related to climate weather of Salvador (BA). It was clear that use of information about weather and weather types reported by the newspapers, had a special value in the planning and implementation of educational activities for the sixth year of elementary education II. With the aid of cartograms weather, the activities facilitated students' learning about the main climatic characteristics of Salvador (BA) and the State of Bahia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]