Plant Ludo: a new alternative for the Botany learning

Abstract

Didactic games are important educational tools as they allow stimulating students interests in several complex contents, like Botany, for example. In that sense, to make easier botany teaching and learning, it was created a game, called Plant Ludo, which was firstly applied in a graduation class in Biological Sciences, and then, in a high school class. These students, in turn, answered questions showing their opinion about Ludo Vegetal, and their answers indicate that the game had a positive acceptance like a didactic learning tool. Contributions and suggestions given by the graduating students, this first stage of investigation, were important to the next Plant Ludo application stage in the high school class. The game application in this level of education revealed that the students answered correctly a high number of questions in a short time of game and this result was possible due to the rapport and collaboration of the team members during the game. It is considered that the Plant Ludo was efficient in the approach of important Botany contents, and can be considered an alternative didactic resource to the Botany teaching in high school.