THE USE OF GOOGLE EARTH PRO AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT THE TEACHING OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. CASE STUDY: UKRAINE WAR VS. RUSSIA

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The Ukrainian war against Russia has brought great destruction to many Ukrainian cities. One of the ways to understand this reality is to analyze the changes in the landscape using satellite images. It is now possible to identify the destruction in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol using Google Earth Pro images. Given this reality, the aim of this study was to develop a proposal for an activity based on the use of Google Earth Pro images as a teaching resource to be used in secondary school classes. To develop the work, the teacher will first have to hold a classroom discussion to contextualize the Ukrainian-Russian War, then, preferably using the school's computer lab, Google Earth Pro and some of its tools will be presented. The class will then be divided into small groups, where the students will begin the process of exploring and comparing the landscape linked to the study area through a multi-temporal analysis of the images. In the end, it is hoped that the students will be able to construct knowledge in a dynamic, effective and satisfactory way.

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  • Jairo Rodrigues Silva, Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais

    Doutor em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Professor de mestrado pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino de Geografia em Rede Nacional (PROFGEO)

  • Gabriel Domiciano Costa Lara, Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais

    Estudante, Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto, Brasil

  • Igor Alexander Santos, Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais

    Estudante, Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto, Brasil.

  • Cecília Félix Andrade Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Doutora em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Professora do mestrado pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino de Geografia em Rede Nacional (PROFGEO),

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03/05/2024

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2024): EDIÇÃO ESPECIAL - POR UM PLANETA MAIS CONHECIDO: CONSOLIDANDO AS GEOTECNOLOGIAS NA EDUCAÇÃO

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