Dinossauros em quebra-cabeça 3D: ferramenta lúdica para o ensino de ciências

Abstract

Dinosaurs were reptiles that have lived on Earth for thousands of years and to this day still stir up adults and children about their characteristics and lifestyle. In science education, these beings appear at the beginning of the final years of elementary school. Although they are a source of curiosity, often the teacher does not have playful tools that can help him in approaching this group. Given this, this work aimed to provide a playful activity with 3D puzzles, with the theme Dinosaur, in order to make science classes more attractive, participatory and also hoping that the concepts to be applied can be understood differently by students. The work was carried out in educational institutions, located in Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, in research with teachers about the use of the proposed tool and, with the students of the 6th grade of Elementary School, about the potential use of this tool. in the classroom. The research was quantitative, qualitative and exploratory, with the elaboration and development of some didactic models in dinosaur format, which are: Allosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Pterodactyl, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor. Among the results is an overview of the use of didactic models, such as the 3D puzzle by teachers in the early and late elementary and middle school, and the encouragement of using the 3D puzzle in the classroom.