Uma proposta para o ensino de geometria por meio da construção de uma horta escolar

Abstract

The educational product entitled “Design Thinking & Educação Maker: a proposal for teaching geometry through the construction of a school garden” consists of a pedagogical proposal aimed at teaching and learning geometry in the final years of Elementary School, grounded in the Design Thinking approach and the principles of Maker Education. The material presents a didactic sequence structured into four stages, empathy and problem definition, ideation, prototyping, and testing/presentation, in which students are challenged to plan and design a school garden using concepts of plane and spatial geometry within a real and contextualized situation.The proposal integrates conceptual, procedural, and attitudinal dimensions of learning, mobilizing knowledge such as area, perimeter, proportionality, geometric shapes, and notions of volume, articulated through the resolution of concrete problems. The product also guides the use of resources such as geoboards, measurements with measuring tapes, scaled sketches, digital modeling using 3D software (Tinkercad), and the construction of physical models with recyclable materials, promoting active learning, collaboration, student protagonism, and the integration of theory and practice. Therefore, it is a didactic-methodological material designed to make the teaching of geometry more meaningful, interdisciplinary, and connected to the school reality, encouraging critical thinking, creativity, and socio-environmental responsibility through the collective development of a school garden project.