Filmes de animação infantil como ferramenta de educação ambiental

Abstract

This monography aims to present and discuss the extension project “ÂNIMA-BIO - Filmes de animação como uma ferramenta de educação ambiental para crianças”. This project was realized by students and professors of the UFFS, Cerro Largo country. The project was based on five animated movies: Ice Age; Finding Nemo; Madagascar; Over the Hedge and Wall-E. It was realized with students from the sixth grade in basic education enrolled in two public schools from Cerro Largo town. Starting from the movie framework, several environmental issues were discussed. After the general discussion, the students were stimulated to elaborate some phrases and drawings characterizing the movie part that was more important to them. Afterward all the movie exhibitions, a show of all the phrases and drawings was promoted at the UFFS physical dependencies where the most popular phrases and drawings were awarded. A questionnaire concerning all the environmental issues previous discussed was made with all the participating children and also with some no participating ones. This questionnaire had the aim to test if the project was efficient in promoting environmental conscious and knowledge. The project was globally evaluated from the analysis of the (1) children phrases and (2) drawings, and on the comparison of children performance on the questionnaire. After all these analyses and after a literature research, it is possible to affirm that animated movies are an efficient tool in promoting environmental conscious and knowledge.