The Forest Reserve Adolpho Ducke has a 10.000 square meter open-air scientific laboratory
in the Amazon, its solid ground forest has a wealth of animals and plant that arouses the
interest of researchers from all over the world and the curiosity of elementary school students
of the schools around this Environmental Preservation Area (EPA). For this reason, it was
aimed to evidence the knowledge of the students of the State School Professora Tereza
Siqueira Tupinambá, located in the northern part of the city of Manaus-AM, about the
Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve. A questionnaire was applied to measure learners' knowledge,
the results showed that more than 75% of them did not know the location of the reserve by its
name and the activities that are developed in it, and approximately 86% believe there is no
restriction to enter the same path constructed by residents of the community without proper
authorization, have also shown that they are unaware of the natural risks that exist in this area
of the forest. In response to the results, lectures were given on environmental education with
the objective of assisting students in the role played by the reserve, its creation, biodiversity,
aspects of animals and plants, water resources and impacts caused by anthropic action. They
were instructed to know this conservation unit in a safer and healthier way, allowing with this,
a greater learning in the area of sciences and a citizen training more conscious and responsible
for the conservation and maintenance of our natural resources.
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