Conscious Consumption as a Support for Problem Solving

Abstract

This report describes an activity developed within the extension project of the Problem Solving course in the 1st year of the Mathematics program at Unespar – Campus Paranavaí. The project aimed to encourage and guide students on the practice of conscious consumption based on a problem situation developed by future teachers. The objective of this work is to introduce mathematics into the resolution of environmental problems, and for this purpose, students used mathematical concepts as a tool in the search for viable alternatives to reduce CO₂ emissions. This pilot lesson was conducted as a test for a future presentation in primary schools, and the development of the pilot lesson allowed for the correction of some possible classroom errors. In this lesson, students explored alternative means for reducing CO₂ through the exchange of ideas and reflections among themselves.