Educação ambiental como desenvolvimento de atividades interdisciplinares na 5ª série do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute with the environmental education supplied at the Military School of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do sul, in the fundamental school 5th grade, though interdisciplinary activities on soil and water. As exclusively theoretical lessons are insufficient for a good learning, the practical and interdisciplinary activities are the best way to complement the theory, although these activities aren’t applied in many schools due to their high material cost and lack of teacher’s incentive. The paper proposed to the development of activities with low cost alternative materials, as disposable/recyclable materials, which could replace high costing materials and, also, provide with the valorization of these residues, the development of environmental education in the school. Most of the activities were made in the classroom, proving that adopting practical classes in any school is possible, whatever the school’s economical structure is. Many times what lacks is incentive for a teacher to create conditions for a dynamical learning and to put some effort to bringing the pedagogical practices close to the student’s reality.