O pleistoceno em Baraúna-PB: a utilização de fósseis encontrados na Lagoa da Caraibeira como forma de trabalhar paleontologia no ensino médio.

Abstract

The Lagoa da Caraibeira located in the municipality of Baraúna (PB) is a source of important fossil finds belonging to megafauna of the Pleistocene, so that this event becomes a great tool to work Paleontology in the schools of the municipality and region. From this context, this work brought a proposal to work Paleontology in the third year of high school seeking to apply classes that make use of the fossils found in Lagoa and other tools to assist in the process. The present study was developed with students of the third year of Escola Estadual de Ensino Médio Prefeito Severino Pereira Gomes, where he taught classes about the Pleistocene contextualizing with the environment of the Lagoa da Caraibeira and the municipality, as well as seeking practical experiences visiting the Lagoa and the Paleontology Laboratory Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus Cuité (PB), with the main objective of showing the importance of the valorization of the fossils found in the city as patrimony. The methodological procedures of this study were composed of seven stages in a period

from October 16 to November 1 the 2018, beginning with the application of a pre- assessment questionnaire, a visit to the Lagoa da Caraibeira, two theoretical classes,

as well as the application of a film, in addition to visiting the Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus de Cuité (PB) and finally a post-evaluation questionnaire, all of these steps seeking to know how the findings contribute to the teaching of Paleontology. After the completed activities it was observed that Paleontology is still at a very early stage in schools and it is important to improve teaching in the area. In this work it was possible to apply several teaching resources making all the stages used for the elaboration of the same efficient and very satisfactory, also it is observed that the use of fossils as auxiliary objects in classes of Palaeontology are very appreciable. The use of differentiated classes and also materials related to the theme are efficient, especially with such important findings found in the municipality itself, therefore this work is of fundamental importance in the dissemination of paleontology for high school students, and through this, it is possible to observe that the approach to the subject is scarce at any stage of basic education.