Pedagogical script for the interdisciplinary integrative project “There is some wood on this street”

Abstract

This article presents an educational product developed for the 3rd year of high school, aiming at youth protagonism, directed to the disciplines of Natural Sciences and their Technologies, with a part dedicated to the teacher and another to the student, showing aspects of environmental interpretation in fragments urban forests. Students must be able to identify a guiding question, use research steps, carry out practical activities and present solutions to this question, in an interdisciplinary way. The methods include six steps to be completed in groups, according to the student's profile, inside and outside the school environment, with the production of a collection of activities; digital wall on environmental interpretation and ecosystem services; local agenda of environmental conservation, with emphasis on human health, dossier of photographs of practical classes in biology, chemistry and physics; album of environmental problems with possible solutions; dissemination of results to the school community. The results seek students' understanding of themes related to the conservation of urban forest fragments, the importance of ecosystem services for biodiversity and the consequences of their degradation. The script can guide teachers of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, to develop their contents in practice, in an instigating way for students.