Horta escolar: uma experiência de educação ambiental em uma escola municipal de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

The present work had as a premise to organize activities in the context of a school garden in a regular school in the city of Belo Horizonte, as an instrument that aims to contribute to environmental education and learning in natural sciences, from the perspective of a formative assessment, developed with students from 13 to 16 years old and counting on the support of an environmental project of Belo Horizonte City Hall. Given the activities developed, we made a qualitative analysis of the importance of Environmental Education for students of regular education who participated in the project activities. As a methodology, we used questionnaires, field notebook, reports produced by students and participant observation. We sought to analyze the relationships between students in collective work and the study of environmental educational possibilities with the school garden as a learning tool, in a playful and dynamic way that encourages the study of Natural Sciences, which made it possible to discuss the importance of Environmental Education. We conclude that the observation, creation and maintenance of a school garden stimulated students' interest in science classes.