A aula prática é uma boa ferramenta para trabalhar educação ambiental no ensino médio?

Abstract

Water is an indispensable element for life keeping, however, it has suffered declines in quality and quantity. Anthropic actions are the biggest cause for the impacts that harms the water quality, thus recognizing the need for educate for the en vironment. Work on this concept with environmental education can help in more formation of conscience citizens about it. Thys study had the objective of evaluate if the practical activities could help in the sensitization of students about the environmenta l thematic of water and in a better assimilation and memorization of scientific content in this thematic. Thus, it was developed an experiment in first and third grade classes, where they were realized a theoric class with environmental water and eutrophic ation thematic, focused on anthropic action as cause for the eutrophication scenario, and, a practical activity with the same theme. And was realized an experiment with the class, analyzing in an optical microscope the microorganisms (microalgae and cyanob acteria) contained in the water of a eutrophized region and a not eutrophized region, applying questionnaires after each activity, for acquire quantitative e qualitative data about the question made in this study.