Uso de métodos alternativos para o ensino de botânica

Abstract

Teaching botany has always been a challenge in the classroom, there are times when students see plants as part of the world regardless of their functionality and contribution to life. It is in the classroom through the teacher that the student has the opportunity to learn about vegetables and thus can generate good attitudes towards the environment. Therefore, the present work aimed to apply didactic strategies for the teaching of botany in natural science classes in the seventh year of the Benicio Rodrigues Pena Municipal School in Boca do Acre, AM. First, students' prior knowledge of botany was assessed by means of a questionnaire containing basic questions about flower, fruit and seed, followed by a class using different didactic strategies to teach about reproductive structures and finally to find out if The applied strategies were effective by applying the same initial questionnaire. As a result, most students were able to state that the flowers are for plant reproduction (96%), that the fruit comes from the flower (80%), that the fruits exist to protect the seed (76%), in addition, There were questions where all the students got it right, stating that the flowers are colored to catch the insects' attention and that the seeds are meant to hold the embryo of the plants. At the end of the work it was possible to conclude that strategies had the expected effect, the students highlighted as one of the most interesting moments the practical class. Thus, the application of didactic strategies in botany classes can be a good alternative to have a dynamic and learning class.