CONTRIBUTIONS OF INVESTIGATIVE TEACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT IN THE FINAL GRADES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The demand for new methodological tools has become increasingly indispensable, since the use of traditional education is gradually less efficient in classrooms. In this conception, investigative teaching is one of the tools that can be used in the teaching-learning process to enrich and broaden student understanding during this process. In science, one of the topics covered in the classroom is the Greenhouse Effect, which has been shown to be a complex approach for students. In this context, the present study aimed to identify the contributions of teaching and research in science classes during the development of the theme "Greenhouse Effect", aiming to analyze the students' learning about the demystification of said harmful effects that this phenomenon can cause to the environment . For this, a qualitative analysis was carried out from the research activity and a questionnaire on the subject was then applied to the students. The questionnaires were divided into pre-test and post-test. The results obtained were analyzed and expressed in percentage, verifying the importance of research teaching in learning. Therefore, it can be verified that the research proposal contributes to and assists students in understanding both the content covered (greenhouse effect) and science classes in general.