Ambiente marinho, sua preservação, relação com o cotidiano de estudantes do ensino médio e intervenção de aula de campo virtual sobre suas perspectivas

Abstract

The marine environment has an enormous ecological and economic importance, but it is often forgotten due to an apparent distance from our daily lives. Environmental Education Activities can be used to bring students closer to this environment. One of them is a virtual field class with observation of the species found, which was applied to EEM Liceu de Messejana students. This study verified the conceptions of students who participated in this activity (1) Preserving the marine environment and why to preserve it, (2) The relationship between this environment and their daily lives, and (3) What impact plastic can bring to the oceans. We found that most students are unable to relate their daily lives to the marine environment, they consider its preservation very important. We observed a change in this conception partially after the presentation of the class, when a greater percentage of students recognized the daily-marine environment relationship.