Science teaching based on traditional knowledge about medicinal plants

Abstract

The current research is about the assumption that some aspects of the culture has been lost among many indigenous students, as for example, the knowledge that is passed through generations. In relation to this traditional knowledge and the importance of being brought to the classroom, a survey was carried out with 49 indigenous students of the final years of Elementary School, on knowledge involving medicinal plants. From the research results, six medicinal plants were listed, namely: banana, orange, Paraná pine, chamomile, marigold and citronella and we present in this article the possibilities of approaches the contents of Science, in the light of the Brazilian National Curriculum (BNCC), in order to present the thematic units, the objects of knowledge and the skills linked to each of the specified medicinal plants.

Keywords

• bncc
• estudantes indígenas
• ensino fundamental