Descarte correto de medicamentos : um tema para promover a alfabetização científica em estudantes do terceiro ano do ensino médio

Abstract

The present work constitutes a planning and in the execution of a methodological approach with emphasis on scientific and environmental education, executed with two classes of the third year of high school in a school in the State schools of Caxias do Sul (RS), which aimed to promote the scientific and technological literacy of the students about correct disposal of medicines. Motivating strategy for the development of this work was to provide observational and experimental character activities so that you could evaluate the teaching-learning process. The work was based on learning according to Paulo Freire, which proposes the idea that the student assimilates the object of study by making use of a practice with reality use of this aims to build of students autonomy, a time to gather the experiences and turn them into thoughts we are promoting learning. The educational planning instrument used was a didactic sequence, a set of activities, structured and articulated to students` learning to occur. The results obtained suggest that this is a resource facilitator for an interdisciplinary approach in education, with great potential in the formation of conscious and citizen scientific and technologically literate before the proposed theme, since the practice inappropriate disposal of medicines can cause contamination of soil and water, altering the metabolism of organisms embedded in them, affecting with this entire food chain. The various proposed activities and involvement, interaction and participation of the students contributed to the construction of the learning about the correct disposal of medicines. When this dispose is correct is the preservation of the environment, ensuring better conditions of survival for our and future generations.