"THE CONQUEST OF THE CELL NUCLEUS": THE PROPOSAL OF A PLAYFUL GAME OF CYTOLOGY (CELULAR BIOLOGY) IN THE DISCIPLINE OF BIOLOGY

Abstract

In high school, the teacher is constantly faced with the challenge of making the content increasingly pleasurable and thought-provoking, allowing students to understand the subjects in a more facilitating way. However, in disciplines such as Biology, there is a large amount of content, with many abstract terms and processes that must be very well contextualized by students. Thus, the main objective of this work is to propose a playful game to facilitate students' learning in the subject of Cytology for students of the discipline of Biology in high school. The game is based on a board that simulates the scenario of the cytoplasm of an animal cell. Students go through the squares on the board, answering different types of questions, ranging from simpler or even more challenging, allowing students to apply in practice what was contextualized in theory. The team that reaches the cell core first, answering all the correct questions, in addition to the “Final” question, wins. Thus, it is expected that with this methodological dynamic, the teaching of Cell Biology (Cytology) can be better accepted by students, making the search for knowledge a dynamic, relaxed and pleasurable task.