Importância do projeto de extensão na área de botânica e no contexto de educação ambiental para a educação básica

Abstract

The teaching of botany for basic education, although of extreme relevance, may have obstacles to overcome, being the topic "Algae" the most adverse, therefore, the proposals as extension projects of the universities in Basic Education acquire special relevance to disseminate knowledge on this subject. In this sense, the present work had as a general objective to understand the importance of the application of extension projects in schools and classroom a class of disciplines of science and biology for Ensino Fundamental and Medius, expanding learning and knowledge about algae. To do this, we sought a theoretical reference, as well as a documentary research, where the data were collected together with the extension project "Alga is not garbage, it is luxury" and bibliographic research in the databases: Google, Google Academic, Scopus, among others, compiling works that addressed issues on the importance, use and use of algae in everyday educational life. In the results it was possible to describe the practical activities developed in the Botany Laboratory of the Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A.C. Simões, observing specimens of microalgae and macroalgae, as well as all the dynamics that involved an extension project, making the learning of the content considerable. With this extension project "Algae is not garbage is luxury", it was possible to clarify the issue of environmental education and algae for students of basic education of public and private schools in a playful and didactic way, contributing to the Teaching of Science and Biology.