It is well understood that implementing science workshops enhances learning in school. In this paper we present an educational model concerning the use telematic’s tools to improve science literacy by organizing workshops in populations covering elementary school up to high school.

The main main goal of the model is to provide a framework as well as a procedure to use telematic´s tools in order to improve individual and collective performances in science education. The model has three steps. The first step implies individual activities where people experience cognitive changes that confront them in their traditional classrooms activities. The second step introduces the use of telematic´s tools that allow pupils to create and share their own results concerning the design and solutions of challenging activities implemented in collaborative contexts. In this learning space mediated by computers, participants receive information, criticism and suggestions according to their degree of participation in the construction of learning communities. The third step concerns non-presential activities and includes the development of metacognitive reasoning skills.

In this paper we summarize an experience of nearly 25 years organizing science education workshops with pupils, teachers and parents. We also present some characteristics of the application of the model in a national training program under development, in order to prepare teachers and pupils to participate in the 2005 Physics Olympic Games in Mexico.