O uso da compostagem como tema gerador de conteúdo para Educação Ambiental.

Abstract

The final destination of organic waste has been considered a major problem in Brazil. In recent years, these wastes have been generated on a large scale and increasingly, and in many places there is no proper disposal of this material. These residues have a high capacity to pollute the environment, so it is essential to search for alternatives that value the preservation of the environment. Composting is one of these alternatives and presents a series of advantages, as the recycling of this material can promote direct and indirect results in the economic, social, sanitary and food security areas of a city or region. Environmental preservation is an initiative that must be addressed by everyone and the school can be a way to promote environmental awareness, through Environmental Education. The central proposal of this work is to insert EE in the reality of the students, through the discipline of Chemistry, and for this, Composting was used as a theme to generate teaching. This work was developed through an experiment with composting, with the construction of a domestic compost bin installed in a residence. And the production of didactic material aimed at teachers, with the aim of guiding classes that work on EE, more precisely the content of composting. For the development of the work, the Qualitative Research methodology was used, which is focused on documental and bibliographic research. Through the construction of this work, it is visible how important and necessary it is to insert an environmental approach in the classroom, because only through this process can a more comprehensive reflection on current environmental problems be achieved. It is estimated that with this work and through the didactic material developed to support teachers, practices on the environmental approach are more frequent by teachers in classrooms.