Contribuições de um jogo de trilha para abordagem didática sobre sistemas do corpo humano em ciências

Abstract

This research study explored the contributions of a trail game to the didactic approach to human body systems in a 9th grade class at a state public school in Ponta Grossa/PR. In order to analyze these contributions, goals were set for the systematization of academic productions that deal with educational games of the trail type in science teaching; the construction of a didactic game of the trail type, about the systems of the human body; the development of an activity through pedagogical intervention with the students in order to work the game; and finally the description of the advantages and limitations of the game, based on the results obtained with the pedagogical intervention. The research was organized into 4 stages. The first stage consists of a literature review, with a survey of published works, in the second stage the trail game was built with the theme of human body systems, in the third stage the students answered a questionnaire with 11 questions. In the fourth and final stage, data was collected and described using the content analysis proposed by Roque Moraes (1999). The results obtained indicate that the “Human Body Systems” trail game in science teaching performed satisfactorily and contributed to the students' learning. Based on the questionnaires and the pedagogical intervention activity, it is possible to consider that the activity with trail games in science teaching boosted the students' interest, the resumption of content that had not previously been learned by the students and cooperation between the students, demonstrating that the game is a didactic tool with potential for use in science classes.