Construção de e-book para docentes de biologia: coletânea de atividades investigativas de ecologia para alunos do Ensino Médio

Abstract

This work presents the development of an educational product in the form of an e-book titled Ecology in Action: Investigative Activities for High School Students, aimed at teachers in the state public school system. It originated from practical teaching experience, recognizing the challenges faced in Ecology education such as students’ difficulty in grasping concepts, the scarcity of accessible teaching materials, and the need for methodologies that foster meaningful, critical, and contextualized learning.In response, the research’s main objective was to create an e-book with investigative teaching sequences that resonate with the realities of public schools and promote the active construction of scientific knowledge by students. The development of these sequences followed criteria of clarity, relevance, contextualization, feasibility, and alignment with the guiding educational documents in Minas Gerais: the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC) and the Minas Gerais Reference Curriculum (CRMG).The e-book brings together seven original sequences addressing ecological content outlined in the high school curriculum, all grounded in the Inquiry-Based Learning approach. Each sequence is organized with clear objectives, meaningful problematizations, practical activities, accessible resources, and varied assessment proposals. Three of these sequences were applied in classrooms during the course, accompanied by case reports.The e-book fosters interdisciplinarity, values students’ prior knowledge, and encourages collaborative and reflective work. Although it has not been fully implemented, the material was developed based on over 14 years of teaching experience, supported by solid theoretical foundations and aligned with current educational guidelines.This product represents a concrete response to the challenges faced in everyday school life and aims to support teachers in adopting more engaging, contextualized, and formative pedagogical practices. It concludes that it is both possible — and necessary — to create meaningful teaching materials for Ecology that combine theoretical rigor, practical applicability, and sensitivity to the diversity of public schools.More than a teaching tool, this e-book invites educators to rethink their practice, nurture curiosity, and transform the classroom into a space for investigation, reflection, and collective knowledge construction.