“Projectes Natura” (Nature Projects) aims to join three methodological strategies: project-based learning, Service Learning and the interaction between different educational stages during the creation and development of natural science projects. These projects, which will constitute the Final Degree Projects of students of the the Faculty of Biological Sciences, will be developed together with secondary school students in order to jointly propose the transmission of specific concepts of natural sciences (learning) to primary school students (service). In the Final Degree Project converges all the student's learning. The maturity acquired and the mastery of content are manifested by the ability to transmit basic ideas to students of other educational stages. This proposal seeks to bring together final-year undergraduate students with secondary school students with the aim of consolidating these basic ideas in practice through the service learning methodology directed to primary school students.

To date, this initiative has been developed over 8 consecutive academic years with the participation of: the 4 Degrees taught in the Faculty of Biological Sciences (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Biology and Environmental Sciences); a significant representation of the Faculty's Departments (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Functional Biology and Physical Anthropology, Microbiology and Ecology, Zoology and Animal Physiology, Geology and Botanics and Plant Biology); 65 Secondary Education centers and 70 Primary Education centers. We can count 40 professors working in the Project, 84 students who have completed their Final Degree Project in this modality, nearly 2000 secondary school students involved to different degrees in the development of the projects and more than 5000 primary school students who have been recipients and beneficiaries of the final products of the projects developed. We must also include the large public of different ages that has visited the “Nature Projects Fair” in “Expociencia”, a scientific event organized by the Science Park of the University of Valencia.

We have developed didactic materials and resources for the Primary Education Stage: essential digital products in the current educational situation such as video games, Apps, videos, websites, or analogical products such as models, workshops, manipulative experiences, educational itineraries or guided visits to introduce a phenomenon or concept of natural sciences.

All the projects carried out, with their detailed description, the materials and learning objects generated, the evaluations and summary videos, can be found in the repository by areas created for this purpose at the following address: https://www.uv.es/uvweb/delegacio-incorporacio-UV/ca/cooperacio-secundaria/concursos/concurs-projectes-natura/repositori-arees-1286145139487.html

Keywords: Education, Service Learning, Natural Sciences Projects, Final Degree Projects, Secondary and Primary education.