Educação ambiental para crianças: conscientização para a importância das especies florestais

Abstract

Environmental education is a comprehensive education through a continuing participatory educational process that seeks to disseminate knowledge about environmental problems, awakening the human consciousness that he is part of that environment and therefore need to enjoy it balanced way. The project aimed to clarify primary school students at a school in Bento Gonçalves (RS, Brazil), about the importance of forest tree species for our life in order to make them citizens aware of their role as guardians and multipliers knowledge and respect for all life forms. Proposals were practical activities performed from the choice of seven species of trees, symbols of different regions. Among the activities we highlight the development of models representing the species and the observation of the phenomenon of plant transpiration. The practical classes led to greater involvement and understanding of content by students and in this case, in particular, that involvement led to an awareness about the importance of trees and their preservation, providing a new perspective on the role played by forests.