Percepções socioambientais de estudantes do Ensino Fundamental sobre o Rio Macaco em Palmeira das Missões/RS

The Macaco River in Palmeira das Missoes/RS has been suffering several impacts caused by the anthropic action. Thus, this article aims to assess the socio-environmental perceptions of students from the 5th to the 9th grade of three municipal elementary schools in the region of the Macaco river basin. The study is performed through a semi-structured questionnaire applied in different regions of the municipality. To process the results, the responses were analyzed through a qualitative methodology of Content Analysis was used. The results demonstrate that the students' knowledge of the theme is inconsistent and inadequate, demonstrating the importance of a necessary interdisciplinary and transversal integration of environmental education in the school context, which may enable meaningful learning through the inclusion of important themes in the context of teaching.