Alfabetização ecológica: uma abordagem para o ensino de ciências utilizando uma tecnologia educacional

Abstract

Studies point out that linking scientific concepts to technology, society and environmental education may represent an alternative for science education to become more effective. Therefore, the objective of this work is to associate the scientific language with the daily routine of the students of the 5th year of Elementary School in a public and municipal public school of Dom Pedrito / RS, and demonstrate through the application - SUSTENTABILIZANDO issues associated with consumption / waste of Water. For that, the methodological course is divided into stages, these being understood by: (i) Motivation and interest; (ii) Execution of the activity - application; (iii) Paper recycling workshop; and (iv) Reflections. In the first stage, a pre-test questionnaire was used and also a moment for students to interact with the application. As a task of this stage, students should note the daily consumption of water in personal and domestic hygiene activities. Already in the second stage were used the annotations brought by the students so that in the "water section" of the application, each one made the calculation of their daily water consumption. In the third stage, a practical strategy for paper recycling was presented, and soon after, in the fourth stage, the students' reflections on the subject under study were investigated through the post-test. The results show that participants recognize the term environment and the importance of water and have already participated in environmental actions. Its environmental initiatives are mainly concerned with the issue of waste. Regarding water consumption and waste, it was observed that after the annotations of the tasks of personal and domestic hygiene, and the calculation carried out through the application, the estimation of water consumption approached the reality and allowed the reflection on the use and waste of this natural resource.