This article describes the findings of a study that aimed to evaluate the use of Monteiro Lobato's literature in Science Teaching. According to an interdisciplinary perspective, the books A reforma da natureza and Serões de Dona Benta were used to approach scientific contents and issues related to "Nature of Science" in two classes of the last grades of Middle School. The analysis of the results indicates that the books contributed to the learning and questioning of scientific contents of these texts. The book A reforma da natureza mainly offered the opportunity for discussing some environmental themes, while Serões de Dona Benta was particularly efficient in working with concepts of matter, mass and weight and in raising some questions about the Nature of Science. The study also demonstrates the need for the science teacher to be aware of conceptual errors present in the literature, to avoid mistakes in the learning process.
Science Teaching; Literature; Science and literature; Monteiro Lobato; Interdisciplinarity