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UMA AVENTURA PALEONTOLÓGICA EM UM JOGO DE TABULEIRO

Abstract

The use of different teaching methodologies is important to engage students in the school context and reduce student disinterest in the learning process. Placing greater emphasis on the active methodology of gamification, this work proposes a board game as a gamified resource in the teaching of paleontology and geology in the Natural Sciences discipline of the final years of elementary school. This research adopted bibliographic analysis and the development of the game "Earth explorers" as an educational product. With fossils and rocks as objects of knowledge, the resource aims to reinforce the importance of knowledge and awareness about Geoscience, since this subject is often neglected, making the Brazilian population susceptible to misinformation. Thus, the material has an engaging character, since it only has eight initial cards; therefore, students are challenged to formulate the remaining questions, ensuring that the knowledge acquired during classes is used in a practical and immersive way. Furthermore, the game includes all the necessary components for its full execution, such as: a game board, dice, cards, tokens, and pawns. Finally, this resource was produced with the aim of offering basic education teachers a playful alternative for exploring paleontology content during science classes, seeking to motivate and engage students in the school experience. Therefore, this work discusses the creation and use of games in the science teaching-learning process. It is hoped that this work will contribute to student learning and motivate teachers in the application of playfulness for the development of scientific knowledge.