The game “BioSolo” for the Environmental Education of children

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/revbea.2022.v15.13720

Keywords:

Environmental education, Developmental Psycology, Education, Game, Software Engineering

Abstract

One of the fundamental aspects for environmental sustainability is the care that must be taken with the soil. Thus, the objective of this work is to present the the development of a high-fidelity prototype of a game for mobile, aiming at the environmental education of a children's target audience from 6 to 11 years old. The construction of the game considered the psychology of development, the quality in the software development process and the attributes of the instructional unit. The high-fidelity prototype was evaluated by professionals from 4 areas related to the game and the results showed that the game has good usability and is applicable for the purpose of teaching soil fauna to children.

Author Biographies

  • Português Português, Português

    PhD student in Soil Science at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco. Master of the Agronomy program: Irrigated Horticulture at the State University of Bahia (2018). Bachelor in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (2018). She has experience in the field of General Biology, with an emphasis on Microbiology. She worked in the field of Molecular Biology at the University of Waterloo (CA), worked in Clinical Analysis and worked in the field of Agricultural Microbiology at the University of Évora. Throughout her graduation she participated in research and extension projects, being a CNPq and PET scholarship holder.

  • Ricardo Argenton Ramos, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

    Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, possui graduação em Processamento de Dados pela Faculdade de Tecnologia - FATEC-TQ (1999), especialização em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos- UFSCar e Faculdade de Informática de Lins - FIL (2002), Mestrado em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar (2004), Doutorado em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE (2009) e pós-doutorado na University of Waterloo, Canadá (2014 - 2015). É professor e orientador no programa de mestrado interdisciplinar Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas na UNIVASF. 

  • Português Português, Português

    Graduation in Social Sciences. Master's and Doctorate in Sociology from the Federal University of Paraíba. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Collegiate of Social Sciences and at the Graduate Program in Dynamics of Development in the Semiarid Region (PPGDiDeS) at the Federal University of Vale do São Francisco-UNIVASF. He has experience in the areas of Education, Scientific Research, Political Science and Sociology, with an emphasis on Sociology of Development, Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Health and Urban Sociology, working mainly on the following topics: Environmental Education, Environment, Sustainable Development, Interdisciplinarity, Degradation Socioenvironmental, Environmental Health and Media. Founder and General Coordinator of the Escola Verde Program (escolaverde.org), approved by the University Extension Program (PROEXT-MEC). Winner of the Reference Award for Innovation and Creativity in Basic Education, from MEC. Leader of the Research Group on Interdisciplinary Environmental Education. Coordinator of the Thematic Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Environmental Education (NUTEAI). Ad hoc consultant for Ambiente & Sociedade Magazine. External evaluator of the PIBIC of the Foundation for Support of Science and Technology of Pernambuco (FACEPE). Researcher integrated to the Reference Center for the Recovery of Degraded Areas of the Caatinga (CRAD/Univasf). Internship Coordinator and Dean of the Social Sciences Course at Univasf. Coordinator of the Green Room Space at Univasf. President of the Univasf Solidarity Selective Collection Commission (2013 to 2015) and currently a member of this commission. Member of the Institutional Scientific Initiation Scholarship Program Committee (PIBIC) (2005 to 2009 and 2014 to 2019). Member of the Sustainable Logistics Management Committee at Univasf. Member of the Steering Committee of the Univasf Sustainable Program. Advisor of the Pedagogical Residency Program (2020 to 2022) and Area Coordinator of the Institutional Teaching Initiation Scholarship Program ? PIBID (2013 to 2017), from the Social Sciences Course. Executive Director of Revista Verde. Coordinator of the Lato Sensu Specialization Course in Interdisciplinary Environmental Education (SEaD/Univasf).

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PORTUGUÊS, Português; RAMOS, Ricardo Argenton; PORTUGUÊS, Português. The game “BioSolo” for the Environmental Education of children. Brazilian Journal of Environmental Education, [S. l.], v. 17, n. 5, p. 224–238, 2022. DOI: 10.34024/revbea.2022.v15.13720. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/revbea/article/view/13720. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.
Received 2022-04-18
Accepted 2022-06-22
Published 2022-10-01