PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SCHOOL FRANCISCO DE SOUZA RAMOS, AS TO THE PRESERVATION AND WATER SAVING

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ABSTRACT: Water shortage has become one of the serious global problems. In recent years it has been thought about alternative sources of water like rainwater and greywater. However, in addition to new alternatives, environmental education is a necessary condition for modifying a framework of growing socio-environmental degradation and with it, environmental awareness is crucial for the recognition of knowledge and that affects the behavior of an individual or group in relation the environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the students' perception of the fourth and fifth year of elementary school, for the preservation and saving water. Developed activities with the children of the fourth and fifth years of the Francisco de Souza Ramos Elementary School in February 2011 with a lecture using PowerPoint presentation. At the end of the lecture was applied questionnaires with objective and subjective questions. Of the 79 children 70.8% realize to the real distribution of water on Earth and 67% responded that it is necessary to preserve this resource. In relation to activities aimed at the economy, 92.4% were aware of these resources. As well as 86% responded that water can be reused and 75.9% said they would use a biological filter. Thus, students demonstrated a high sense of what would be saving water and the preservation of this input.   KEY-WORDS: alternative sources; environmental education; environmental perception; water scarcity.