An investigative activity for the study of the landscape: the Cerrado soil in focus

• Autor(a) principal: Alexandrino, Daniela Marques
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos, Henrique Luis da Silva, Küll, Cláudia Roberta
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática - REnCiMa
• Texto Completo: https://revistapos.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/rencima/article/view/2801
• topic: Ensino de Ciências; Investigação; Estudo da Paisagem; Science Teaching; Investigation; Landscape Study; Enseñanza de las Ciencias; Investigación; Estudio de Paisaje

The present paper is the result of a research that consists of the production and use of an investigative experimental on the study of the Landscape, through the characterization of the Cerrado soil. The activity was elaborated and experimentally tested by a group of teachers from the Specialization Course in Science Teaching at the Scientific and Cultural Divulgation Center (CDCC in Portuguese), in the city of São Carlos, SP. The proposition of the activity emerged in the discipline of Research in Science Teaching, to get to know the different compartments of this biome. The study area was a fragment of Cerrado, located on the campus of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). The methodology was based on the Hands-on Program, which consisted of: hypothesis survey, direct observation of the environment, experimentation, bibliographic research, written record, and personal and collective conclusions around the problem question “how is the Cerrado soil characterized?”. Seven hypotheses about the features were raised, which only five were tested due to the laboratory´s limitation. Although it is perceived that the consolidation of a traditional model, which leads to a difficulty in the development of hypotheses, as well as in the dependence for ready answers, the group was able to overcome this problem, showing interest and creativity to develop the stages of the investigation, as well how to obtain and discuss the results.