Conscientização ambiental sobre a extração de recursos minerais, em Carnaúba dos Dantas, RN: um relato de experiência.

Abstract

This research presents the study of geology in conjunction with environmental education within a geoscience’s context, based on an analysis of educational learning about the local geology of a region. Large-scale mineral extraction, carried out by companies, can cause various environmental impacts, thus becoming an environmental problem. Within this context, this work aims to promote environmental awareness about the problems of mineral extraction in a 3rd-year high school class at the "João Henrique Dantas" school in Carnaúba dos Dantas, located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. A qualitative and quantitative study was conducted, applying a didactic sequence developed in three stages: questionnaire application, lecture, and application of a second questionnaire. Regarding the results obtained, it was possible to perceive that the students demonstrated little prior knowledge about the use of mineral resources, failing to attribute the damage that their uncontrolled extraction causes to the environment. It was noted that the activities on environmental awareness demonstrated a new way of thinking about the problems that mineral extraction causes to the region. Based on these results, there is a lack of educational activities that encourage students to become environmentally aware of the extraction of mineral resources, an environmental issue that affects their city and state.