Banca de DEFESA: ANTONIO LAZARO PONÇADILHA JUNIOR

THE STUDENTS' ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION ABOUT SUPPLY WATER IN THE WESTERN AMAZON

Key words: Environmental Education; Conservation; Water consumption; Water quality.

It is estimated that Brazilian students do not have access to environmental training. This work evaluated the students' perception in order to stimulate the conservation of supply waters in the Western Amazon region. The research was carried out at the Professor João Bento da Costa State School of Elementary and Secondary Education, located in the city of Porto Velho (RO), obtaining approval by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rondônia Foundation (UNIR). The study began with the presentation of the project and the delivery of the terms of consent to the students. After returning the terms correctly signed by the research subjects, the access link to the questionnaire was sent via WhatsApp and/or e-mail. The participation of students was voluntary. The methodology used for the analyzes was initially based on a comparative study on water consumption by sex, type of education and family income. The groups were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistical treatments. A total of 505 duly answered questionnaires were collected. The results showed some statistically significant differences, such as: women use more water than men and regular students consume more water than EJA. Aiming to encourage students' environmental awareness, as well as contributing to the quality of life of society as a whole, the school offered an Environmental Education subject, with weekly meetings during the second semester of the 2022 school year. was planned considering the results obtained in this study, was to seek an improvement in the quality of life of young people and the population, making them citizens committed to the conservation and use of natural resources, which according to the participants was successfully achieved.