Resumen

Developing autonomy, the ability to solve problem situations, make decisions and act for the benefit of your social environment are skills of modern life and can be developed in the school environment, along with mathematical content, and can be viable through the methodology of project using active methodologies and the resources of digital technologies. Objectives: Discuss the Mathematics Curriculum or the work projects as a pedagogical proposition based on the development of three projects with the thematic Cryptography, Music and Projectile Launching applicable in the High School. Design: Qualitative research that sought to investigate work with projects in High School was used.Setting and Participants: Experiments developed with two classes of high school students in Rio Grande do Sul. Data collection and analysis: Data collection took place during the development of the project stages, through students' written records and questionnaires.Results: It is considered that the Work Projects developed constituted a possibility to modify the role of the student and the teacher, allowing students to become active, participative and committed to the development of their knowledge. Conclusions It is understood that students, their learning and development must be the focus of the educational process. Therefore, the school curriculum must enable students to assume the role and responsibility for their learning.