Educação para Cultura Oceânica em regiões não litorâneas: Elaboração e avaliação de um jogo como recurso didático de apoio ao professor no ensino de Ciências.

Abstract

Ocean Literacy constitutes an essential strategy to promote scientific literacy and environmental awareness regarding the importance of oceans for planetary sustainability. Within this context, this study aimed to evaluate the viability of the educational game “SOS Oceano”, developed based on the Essential Principles of Ocean Literacy, as a pedagogical resource for Science teaching in Lower Secondary Education (6th to 9th grades). The research adopted a mixed-methods approach (qualitative and quantitative), involving the design of the game and its evaluation by 14 Basic Education teachers through an electronic questionnaire containing closed-ended and open-ended questions. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, while the open-ended responses underwent Content Analysis. The results evidenced high acceptance of the material, highlighting its contribution to understanding environmental issues, ecological relationships in coastal-marine ecosystems, and the importance of ocean conservation, in addition to its alignment with the Minas Gerais Reference Curriculum. The teachers also offered suggestions regarding rule refinement, accessibility, and the adaptation of the game to different school contexts. It is concluded that the “SOS Oceano” game shows significant potential as an educational resource to promote active, contextualized, and interdisciplinary learning, contributing to the integration of Ocean Literacy in Science education and to the development of students who are more aware and committed to environmental conservation.