Caatinga Biome: A Look at the Territorial Section of Patos/PB

Authors

Telma Gomes Ribeiro Alves
Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Catingueira/PB e Patos/PB
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-517X
Diógenes Félix da Silva Costa
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4210-7805

Keywords:

Teaching Geography, Paraíba, Semiarid, Geography, Teaching material

Synopsis

Considered a biome that is still little explored in the production of teaching materials, the Caatinga presents a high potential for its contextualization associated with the educational knowledge of Basic Education, especially with regard to the teaching of physical-natural themes. Thinking about an approach with a local focus, the work “Bioma Caatinga: a look at the territorial section of Patos/PB” is the result of the completion of the Professional Master's Course in Geography (GEOPROF) by the first author, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. North (UFRN). The perspective is that this material works as an incentive to teach the topic in different curricular components, and can be used as a complement to the content present in the textbook, or as another teaching resource available in the municipality. The material produced is based on the need to contribute to the construction of knowledge regarding the Caatinga biome, in the general context, and specifically in the territorial area of Patos/PB, as well as stimulating the production of other teaching materials with local and regional themes that facilitate teaching and learning.

Chapters

  • Presentation
  • Introduction
  • What is caatinga?
  • Why is the caatinga an exclusively Brazilian biome?
  • The caatinga in the territorial area of Patos/PB
  • Climate, rainfall and hydrography
  • The relief and soils
  • Vegetation
  • Medicinal plants used in the municipality of Patos/PB
  • Animals
  • Threats in the caatinga
  • Sustainability

Author Biographies

Telma Gomes Ribeiro Alves, Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Catingueira/PB e Patos/PB

Graduated in Full Degree in Geography from UNIFIP - Patos/PB and in Pedagogy from UFPB - Patos/PB. Specialist in Geopolitics and History and Environmental Education from UNIFIP - Patos/PB. Master in Geography from GEOPROF, UFRN – Caicó/RN. Currently, she is an effective Geography teacher in the municipal education network in the municipalities of Catingueira / PB and Patos / PB.

Diógenes Félix da Silva Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Geographer and Doctor in Ecology. He is Adjunct Professor IV in the Department of Geography at the Center for Human Sciences, Letters and Arts-CCHLA / UFRN, teaching the subjects of Ecology, Biogeography, as well as topics related to Environmental Geography. Coordinates the Lab & Research Group on Biogeography of Tropical Ecosystems (TRÓPIKOS/UFRN), developing research in the areas of characterization of coastal ecosystems, classification and mapping of ecosystem services, biogeography of wetlands, phytogeography of tropical ecosystems, environmental monitoring and teaching physical geography/biogeography. He also works as a professor in the Postgraduate Programs in Geography and Development and Environment at UFRN. Since 2022, he has been Head of the Environmental Studies Sector at the Câmara Cascudo Museum / UFRN.

Capa Bioma Caatinga

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Published

November 1, 2023
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