THEATRICAL BOX: EXPLAINING THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH IN 10 MINUTES

Abstract

The present work aimed to make a didactic 
model called Caixa Teatral, related to the 
transformations of the primitive Earth for 
the development of life, and to evaluate it 
from the perspective of undergraduates in 
Biological Sciences. Planet Earth was a 
hostile place that did not allow the existence 
of life forms, from billions of years of 
transformations it was possible for life to 
arise. In this way, it is necessary to 
understand these processes, however, 
because they are contents marked by 
different theories and approaches, students 
may have difficulties in their learning. The 
use of didactic models as teaching-learning 
tools allows the conduction of subjects in 
the classroom in a practical, playful and 
illustrative way. Therefore, the National 
Curricular Common Base provides for the 
construction of knowledge about the 
transformations of the primitive Earth for 
the development of life within the theme 
Life, Earth and Cosmos. In this sense, from 
the creation of the didactic model “Caixa 
Teatral” it was presented to undergraduate 
students of Biological Sciences to 
demonstrate its use in teaching the contents 
of Earth's evolution and emergence of life. 
Subsequently, a questionnaire was applied 
to assess the perception of future teaching 
professionals about the exposed didactic 
model. Through it, it was possible to 
identify the profile of these students, to 
know the way in which the teaching of the 
contents worked in Caixa Teatral took place 
during the high school of these students and 
to acquire the evaluation of the didactic 
model from the perspective of the 
licentiates. Therefore, it was possible to 
perceive that non-traditional methods 
enable effective education, with Caixa 
Teatral being a cheap, applicable and 
efficient teaching tool.