ACTIONS FOR A DIDACTIC ZOOLOGY COLLECTION ORGANIZATION IN A UBERLÂNDIA, MG SCHOOL

Abstract

The use of Didactic Laboratory in Sciences Teaching has been raising great interest among researchers in the last decades. Hearing about an organism in classroom is, in general, less interesting and efficient than seeing and handling it, which justifies the inclusion of field trips, demonstrations and practical classes. The development of practical activities is important, enabling students to have direct contact with the organisms studied in theoretical classes. The general objective was to organize a zoological didactic collection in a Uberlândia-MG school - E.E. Frei Egídio Parisi laboratory. An investigation about high school students' perceptions concerning practical activities in laboratory was also accomplished through an applied questionnaire. The answers demonstrated a low attendance to the lab, but they revealed important information about practical activities emphasizing the great interest and expectation for these activities by the students.