Percepção de estudantes do ensino fundamental sobre a importância ambiental das abelhas

Abstract

This work evaluate the perception of elementary school students from two public schools about the importance of bees, an animal of great importance for the preservation and conservation of the environment, whose population is in decline, due to several anthropic factors. The evaluation took place in a school in the rural area and another in the urban area, in this way, the knowledge of two distinct niches on the subject was analyzed. The questionnaires were applied in schools located in the municipality of Marituba, being the school "Professora Gracinda Peres", in the urban area, and the school "Roberto Remigi" in the rural area. In both schools, the 9th grade students participated in the evaluation, who have the same teaching plan provided by the Ministry of Education (MEC). Data were tabulated, organized and analyzed in Microsoft Excel (2010). The results showed that students from rural areas showed greater contact with bees than students from urban areas, however, students from rural and urban areas showed expressive results that they know bees and understand their importance. We also analyzed that bee honey would be well accepted in both schools in school lunches, generating more income for the producer. We emphasize the environmental education importance in schools and how the discipline would make a difference in the school grid, bringing significant and critical debates inside and outside the classroom.