"Isso é um cururu?" Um aplicativo como proposta educativa para conservação dos anfíbios anuros do Parque Estadual de Dois Irmãos, Recife-PE

Abstract

Anuran amphibians belong to a group of vertebrates of great relevance in an ecosystem, because they are bioindicators and biocontroladores, however, they are very sensitive to the environmental changes. In Brazil, this group is one of the most diverse in the Atlantic Forest, however, due to the constant threats that this biome has been suffering, some species are on the list of endangered animals. Initiatives such as the National Plan of Action for Endangered Species have been stimulating and supporting proposals and conservation actions in this biome for these species and their area of occurrence, as is the case of Dois Irmãos State Park - PEDI. This Conservation Unit is located in the metropolitan area of Recife / PE, and has 40 species of anuran amphibians, five of them with some threat of threat. The present work aimed to develop and validate an application entitled "This is a Cururu?" As a didactic tool for environmental education for young people and adults, as well as, offer pedagogical possibilities regarding its use. This instrument, besides being an object of use of anurofauna researchers in field activities, will be an important ally in environmental education activities within the PEDI. The application developed in the free software Android Studio, highlights the threatened species and has twelve attributes on the animal, they are: image of the species, scientific name, popular name, state and international threat level, endemism, animal size in relation to the hand human, geographic distribution in Brazil, type locality, habit, habitat, reproduction mode and advertisement song. The test of the tool was carried out on January 18, 2019 in Zoonoturno, PEDI activity, the evaluation carried out with 24 people, being 98% considered highly relevant, corresponding to the expected expectations for the usability of the app as a didactic tool, highlighting the (90%), which is the differential of the application as an accessible didactic tool with a free proposal developed for mobile phones. In this work three pedagogical proposals were created with the use of the application that can be carried out with park visitors, as well as students of higher, middle and fundamental education.