PERCEPÇÃO DE SOLOS: EXPERIÊNCIA COM ESTUDANTES DO 6º ANO DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL EM UMA ESCOLA DA REDE PÚBLICA DE URUTAÍ-GO

Abstract

Soil is a fundamental component of the terrestrial ecosystem, despite its importance, this content is usually not addressed dynamically with quality in elementary education. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the perception of soils by students in the 6th year of elementary school at a college in Urutaí-GO, in addition to conducting workshops in order to contribute to better their previous perception of this resource. The work was developed at the Colégio Estadual Dr. Vasco dos Reis Gonçalves, in Urutaí-GO, from July 1 to August 9, 2018, with a target audience of 60 students from two classes of the 6th year of elementary school. It also used a questionnaire with questions related to this resource, before and after the presentation of three workshops addressing soil education. After the presentation of the workshops, the questionnaire was applied again. Considering that before the presentation of the workshops 66% of the questions (four questions / six questions) had more than 50% correct answers and between 0 and 30% answers “I don't know”, and that after the workshops these values ​​passed, respectively, to 85.3% and 0 to 15%, respectively, and the increase in the number of correct answers in relation to each question, it is inferred that the workshops contributed to improving the perception of the soil by the participating students. It was concluded that the workshops contributed to improve the perception on the part of the students, with regard to issues related to the importance of the soil, the influence of organic matter on the dark color of soils and the presence of organisms in soils, but not for those related to the influence of texture on the infiltration of water in the soil and the presence of earthworms on soil quality.