Reciclagem e compromisso real nas aulas de ciências: uma experiência no 6º ano do ensino fundamental da Escola Estadual Epaminondas José de Andrade em Cardoso – SP

Abstract

The correct management of the garbage, based on the selective collection and reuse of materials, represents today a complex subject, since besides practising a straight action in the environment, it is also connected with our politics, economy and, even with our standards of human behavior. However, for cultural reasons, the human being still holds out in doing from the recycling a usual practice, what brings a series of damages to the environment. Therefore, the development of this project contemplated the Recycling and the Real Commitment, with the objective of awakening students of the 6th grade of the state school Epaminondas José de Andrade in Cardoso – SP, the interest for the conservation and maintenance of the environment. Based on this, the project was developed in order to motivate and to teach to the students correct practices of environmental education, doing so that the students would became more interested on the process teaching-learning in the Science classes. The inquiry was developed based on environmental’s actions, which were composed of dynamic groups, the presentation of works prepared with recycled materials, cleaning and organization of the classroom and of the school through the correct disposal of garbage, and the application of questionnaires. The obtained results demonstrated that the use of recycling in association with the Real Commitment have motivated the students to become more atracted in the classroom and also it woke the interest of the students for recycling, because they have learned that the materials might be reused and new objectes created. The teachers involved in the project provided their testimony and they pointed that the project brought benefits to the student’s by improving their behavior and engagement. Additionally, the teachers mentioned that the recycling subject must be initiate in the school and taken up to the families through educative actions.Therefore, the developed project showed to be important to wake the creativity in the students and to make them aware for the need of the environment’s preservation. Moreover, it was also observed improvements in the performance and interest of the students for the studies and, more importantly, for the environmental subject, being this vital for the formation of conscious and commited citizens with the preservation of the environment.