Organização do acervo de invertebrados em uma coleção zoológica didática no Campus II da PUC Goiás

Abstract

A didactic zoological collection is a repository of fixed, preserved, identified, and organized specimens intended for teaching. The use of this collection, as a pedagogical approach, makes it possible to relate theoretical information with laboratory practices. In order to organize the existing invertebrate collection in the laboratories of practical classes in Block G on Campus II, in a didactic zoological collection, the work was developed in three phases, being that in phases one (specimens found in the laboratories of Block G) and two (material donated by CEPB) the activities of: inventory, sorting, recovery, and in phase three (grouping of all specimens) the activities of organization and systematization were performed. Initially, the collection contained 2,804 specimens distributed in the phylum (Annelida, Arthropoda, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Platyhelminthes, Porifera and Priapulida), stored in the laboratories of practical classes in Block G. Later, 2. 660 specimens, distributed in the phylum (Cnidaria, Mollusca, Arthropoda, and Echinodermata) from the material donated by the Center for Biological Study and Research. Currently the collection consists of 5,464 specimens distributed in the same 10 phyla, with 86 lots organized according to the source of collection, such as: collector, place and date, all in good conservation status. The creation of the collection will enable teachers to demonstrate in practical classes, the typical characteristics of each taxonomic group, worked on in theoretical classes to students, the experience of viewing, handling and recognition of these characteristics in practice. In addition to providing an opportunity for stimulating didactic-pedagogical procedures that will arouse the students' curiosity and interest.