The Coordination of Education and Dissemination of CBME contributes to reduce the distance between the fast progress of the Biotechnology and Molecular Biology and the low understanding of the society about the concepts that involve these themes. Thus, to promote this connection in a conscious way, we compose a SOCIAL-CULTURAL PROFILE of 84 students of high school (public and private) of São Carlos (SP) and we examine their interest on Biotechnology. Applying a written questionnaire, we obtained information about their access and use of computers, interest for science and their evaluation about the media’s approach, and sources of information on these subjects. From the questionnaires, we registered that 78% of the students of the public school rarely or never participated in practical classes, and 12% ignore the existence of a laboratory in the school. In the private school the scores in these two issues are practically null. About the term

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Authors: Talles Henrique Gonçalves De Oliveira, Oliveira, M.r.g, Nelma Regina Segnini Bossolan, Leila Maria Beltramini

Keywords: Education and Dissemination, Interest on Biotechnology, SOCIAL-CULTURAL PROFILE, Students of high school