O uso de jogos para o ensino da educação ambiental no primeiro ciclo do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This work had as its theme the use of online educational games in the classroom, in order to optimize the teaching and learning content related to environmental education. This is a field research, in which third-year students of the first primary education cycle had contact with the virtual game Green. We take as theoretical authors benchmarks that highlight the importance of meaningful learning and the contribution that games can offer in education, providing an education that dialogue with the interests and previous knowledge of the students in order to enrich them and extend them. In addition to the game Green City, questionnaires were used performed before and after using the game as resource, the analysis showed, in fact, a greater awareness by the students with regard to themes (energy saving, recycling economy water and sustainable transport).