ELABORAÇÃO DE CARTILHA EDUCATIVA E INTERPRETATIVA DESTINADA AO PÚBLICO INFANTIL: RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA DO PARQUE NACIONAL DOS CAMPOS GERAIS – PR

Abstract

It is a common fact that people value what they know; considering this the Outreach Project from the Undergraduate Course in Tourism from the State University of Ponta Grossa called Research and Competitivity for the Territorial Planning of Tourism developed among other activities the promotion of the Campos Gerais National Park. The project elaborated an interpretative booklet for children that described features of the region and information in an accessible language. The booklet contains texts and activities based on elements from the local fauna. As the material was aimed to children, a number of cartoonlike characters were created such as the maned wolf, the anteater among others. The 40,000 booklets produced have been used in environmental education activities in the region. This experience report presents the elaboration of the educational material aforementioned and the activity that was one of the products of the outreach project. It was concluded that it is important to create interpretative tools that deal with conservation and patrimony, using local geodiversity and biodiversity information.