Tartarugas marinhas: trabalhando a proteção dos animais marinhos junto aos estudantes do ensino fundamental II do município de Damião - PB.

Abstract

Sea turtles are species that are distributed in the main tropical and subtropical bands on the planet. The Brazilian coast, there is the presence of five species of sea turtles which come to the coast in search of food, protection and reproduction. All these species are included in the lists of endangered species, Brazilian’ and World’ lists. The aim of this study was to work the protection of sea turtles with students of the Elementary School II at the Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Alexandre Diniz da Penha, municipality of Damião - PB. The sample was composed by 59 students of fundamental II level, classes of 8A and 8B, with an age range of 12-15 years old. The activities that were developed with the students were: experiences in the classroom, questionnaires, lectures, among other teaching strategies. The results showed that students mostly (n = 38) did not obtain a knowledge of the number of species of sea turtles. About the importance of preservation of sea turtles, the students of the class 8A attributed great importance to the preservation of the environment (n = 35). It reported that it is of extreme importance to seek new themes to school due to lack of information of the subjects of the marine environment, showing a reality distant concepts of everyday life, a form of compensation of the difficulties arising from the fact that they are so far from coastal regions.