THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON EARTH AND ITS ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

In the current educational panorama, Primary Education stands out for the implementation of different pedagogical approaches. This Final Degree Project presents a Learning Situation designed in accordance with the contents, competences and objectives established in Decree 61/2022, focusing on the area of Natural Sciences. The proposed didactic unit has been designed with the aim of promoting an autonomous, cooperative, interdisciplinary, scientific, and meaningful learning process for students. This didactic unit focuses on the evolutionary and adaptive process of living beings, attending to the diverse needs and motivations of the students. Through the proposed manipulative activities, students expand their knowledge by developing their cognitive, analytical, critical, and practical skills, emphasising the inclusion of all students, as well as the promotion of bilingualism in the classroom. Applied in a public school, the aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of this Final Degree Project in different educational contexts. Through this didactic proposal, students have been involved in a scientific environment as palaeontologists, carrying out an analysis of the different forms of life on our planet, and a practical exploration of fossils, with the aim of stimulating the curiosity, creativity, analysis, and critical thinking of pupils in the third cycle of Primary Education, thus aligning with the competences, contents, and curricular objectives. It is the intention of this didactic proposal that students achieve the established objectives and develop essential competences for their academic and personal development, such as critical thinking and teamwork. At the same time, the activities have been effective in promoting meaningful learning based on the active participation of the students, making them the protagonists of their learning process.