Jogo didático no ensino de ciências: utilizando a herpetofauna para abordar os temas mimetismo e camuflagem para alunos do ensino fundamental

Abstract

Our studywas realizedto the elaboration of a didactic game using herpetofauna representatives to contribute to the understanding and learning of the eighth grade students about the camouflage and mimicry themes. The study was conducted at the Benício Rodrigues Pena Municipal School, located in the municipality of Boca do Acre, Amazonas. The target audience were elementary school classes. To this end, we designed a questionnaire (pre-test) to assess students' prior knowledge of these topics in both classes. For I class we make and apply a didactic game and in J class we only do one traditional lecture class. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the game in the teaching - learning process of the students on both themes. For this, a post-game questionnaire and an after-class questionnaire (expository) were applied. Data analysis was done quantitatively and qualitatively after each activity performed in the classes. Our results showed that students who participated in the class using the game as a teaching tool performed better during the completion of the final questionnaire compared to the students who took the class in the traditional way. Thus, this study demonstrates that the use of playfulness has been shown to be a positive reinforcement for science teaching and that the inclusion of this method in classes should be encouraged.