Aplicação e atividades pedagógicas sobre o tema paleontologia no ensino fundamental II em Nova Floresta - PB.

Abstract

The school plays a key role in the formation of citizens and critical instructs allowing people capable of transforming society, it also allows the obtaining of multiple skills in various fields such as paleontology, which is a science of great importance in understanding the bygone life on earth, his main tool of study are the fossils. Paleontology work in the classroom is essential to understanding the processes that occur over millions of years on earth. Given its importance, practical classes were conducted at the State Elementary School and Middle Rolderick José de Oliveira, in the city of Nova Floresta, Paraíba, Brazil. A pedagogical practice is extremely important, because they are considered essential in developing skills to learners. This work aims to encourage the realization of practical classes in 7th year of elementary school II as a way to improve teaching and learning and facilitate understanding and assimilation of the content covered becoming thus more interesting and motivating for students. This work was conducted with thirty-seven 7th graders B of Elementary II, in which we use pre-test and post-test, for paleontology, to observe the level of knowledge of students. It was possible to evaluate the efficiency of the applied methodology was based on: books, documentaries, articles and tutorials by producing replicas of fossils. Was observed after the completed activities that students were able to respond satisfactorily to the issues related to the subject matter covered. From the results obtained, there was a positive influence, verifying the effectiveness of the use of practical classes in the teaching-learning process.