“Descobrindo o mundo secreto dos invertebrados”: uma ferramenta didática para o ensino-aprendizado de zoologia

Abstract

In front of the difficulties in teaching Zoology of Invertebrates in a determined time and in a way that stimulates the student’s interest, it was proposed the use of techniques with a certain flexibility and dynamics, in attractive ways, to teach such a wide and diverse content. The support tool used to attract students to science subjects was an educational game, which aims to assist the teacher in building student’s knowledge. The goal here was to manufacture, apply and evaluate the educational board game called "Discovering the Secret World of Invertebrates", which aided the learning and understanding process of the invertebrate zoology contents. The elaboration was made with the aid of educational games bibliography and biological subjects, based on the textbook used by the students. The production was done in a print shop, with PVC material, to increase the game’s useful life. The evaluation was performed through questionnaires, with a pre and post application of the game. The application results showed that the game was efficient in the teaching process and that both the students and the teacher liked this new learning way.