Jogo “evolução no tapa certo” como ferramenta didática para o ensino e aprendizado do conteúdo evolução biológica

Abstract

The content of biological evolution permeates several areas of biology and is often difficult to understand, especially in primary and secondary education. Despite its importance and the challenges associated with its discussion, this content continues to be covered in a traditional way in most schools, thus directly contributing to students’ lack of interest and understanding. Therefore, we point out that the diversification of methodological approaches in the school environment is fundamental to stimulate the interest of students and make the teaching and learning process more meaningful. In this context, this study proposes the development of a didactic game called “Evolution in the right slap”, aimed mainly at teaching evolution in basic education. The game was adapted from the “Right slap, monster becomes hero” model and can be played by up to four players simultaneously. The objective of the aforementioned game is to associate images in which square cards are face down and round cards are face up. A player turns over a square card revealing the image, and the player must quickly slap it with their little plastic hand, which has a suction cup, which allows the capture of the specific card. Mirroring the aforementioned gameplay, the material we created has 56 cards, 28 pairs, which address concepts related to types of selection, scientists ’ exponents of the theory of evolution and aspects of human evolution, and aims to associate images with concepts and characteristics keys related to the theme of evolution. Given the positive impacts associated with the use of games in the school context, as well as the visual and conceptual quality presented in the material we point out that this product can provide a high stimulus for learning the evolution content, and that it has the potential to remove the student from passivity, making you the protagonist of your own learning. Finally, we highlight methodological innovation as fundamental to the school system, requiring the production of new materials and mainly encouraging their application in the classroom