“Missão reciclar”, um jogo com abordagem lúdica para o ensino de educação ambiental

Abstract

Environmental education is a necessary theme for the development of conscious citizens with critical thinking regarding socio-environmental issues. However, despite the importance of this topic, there are still difficulties in engaging and making it more attractive to students. Considering this difficulty, games are an active methodology option that uses playfulness as a pedagogical tool. In this proposal, games are used in Environmental Education with an emphasis on the importance of recycling materials. Based on the author's experience in the Institutional Scholarship Program for Teaching Initiation (PIBID) at a public state school in the city of Ponta Grossa (Paraná) with science and biology students, the aim was to develop a game called "Recycle Mission" for middle school students, with the purpose of exploring the effectiveness of playfulness in sparking interest and expanding students' knowledge. The game consists of a dynamic where participants separate recyclable materials, represented by personalized cards, into their respective recycling bins, and consequently receive a score after the correct separation. At the end, questions are asked to reinforce the concepts studied. It is expected that this alternative can be used as a pedagogical tool in the classroom. In a next stage, this validation will be carried out during classes taught in the PIBID program.