Reconstrução paleoambiental do cretáceo por meio da construção de maquetes, no ensino fundamental, em Jacanã, RN.

Abstract

Paleontology is the science that seeks to interpret the fossil evidence to propose how the development of life on Earth occurred. Knowing the Cretaceous and its paleoenvironment allows us to better understand the world today. Considering this importance, the present qualitative research with experimental characteristics, carried out at the Municipal School Ana Clementina da Conceição, in the city of Jaçanã / RN, aimed to promote the study of paleoenvironments associated to the teaching of Paleontology, divulging the most expressive events of the Cretaceous by through pedagogical activities that make possible the understanding and apprehension of the theme addressed in the classroom, also seeks to evaluate the receptivity of these practices by the students. These activities occurred in the seventh year and were developed in five stages: (1) Application of a pre-test questionnaire to evaluate students' previous knowledge; (2) Theoretical class; (3) followed by fossil exposure; (4) academic article analysis, and, (5) Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of existing cretaceous beings in mock-ups. For data collection, two semi-structured questionnaires containing four questions were used, respectively, applied before and after the activities. The results demonstrate that subjects related to Paleontology are well accepted by the students and that the methodological strategies used to disseminate this science to the production of models was widely accepted and was reported as a more effective means to understand the theme addressed by the research.