The risks of environmental pollution occupy a relevant place in the scheme of ecological studies at the national and territorial level. These must be treated with the articulation of a system of preventive measures and proactive solutions that contribute to mitigate the consequences of the negative deterioration on the existing ecosystems. The objective of this research was to evaluate the environmental impact of the solid particles dispersed in the air resulting from the fires that occurred in the Municipal Landfill of the city of Santa Clara, in Villa Clara, Cuba, on the community of Caracatey, due to its proximity to the landfill and the spatial reach that these particles had in the city of Santa Clara. For the development of this research, methods of information collection and methods of processing the information collected were used, among which the following stand out: participator...

The objective of this work was to propose the website “Poisonous Fauna Present in the Republic of Angola” to contribute to the knowledge of poisonous animals that can cause harm to the health of certain sectors of the Angolan population and Cuban internationalists who provide services in that country. For the development of the research, methods of collecting and processing the information collected were used, highlighting the survey and the interview. The population is made to coincide with the sample, which is intentional and not probabilistic and was made up of 40 foreign students who were studying in Cuba, in addition to 10 collaborators who were preparing to carry out a mission in the Republic of Angola. The proposal was subjected to the criteria of experts who assessed it as pertinent and the site was validated both in the Republic of Angola and in the Republic of Cuba, with ex...

Fieldwork favors the interaction of schoolchildren with nature and the community, making it an activity with suffi cient potential for the formation of values. Th e objective of this research was to propose in situ activities in the relict of xeromorphic scrubland (cuabal) that contributed to the knowledge of biological diversity by the students of the 7th grade of the “Julio Pino Machado” Urban Basic Secondary School located in the city of Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba. In the research, methods of information gathering and processing of the information gathered were used, such as analysis of documents, observation, survey, pedagogical test, historical-logical, analytical-synthetic, and deductive-demonstrative. Th e proposal was submitted to the criteria of experts who evaluated it as pertinent. Th e sample consisted of 20 students from the 7th-grade group 2 of the study center, whi...

Ensuring environmental sustainability is a concern at the international level. Th e objective of the research carried out was to propose teaching tasks that would favor the development of knowledge related to the management of the coastal zone of the town of “Isabela de Sagua”, in the municipality of Sagua la Grande, province of Villa Clara, Cuba, by the schoolchildren of the “Rubén Martínez Villena” Mixed Center. For the development of the research, methods of information collection and methods of processing the collected information were used. Th e sample consisted of 35 schoolchildren who make up the enrollment of the 7th grade group 1 of this center. Th e application of the instruments made it possible to determine that, although the guiding documents of the educational policy make explicit the need to systematize the work of Environmental Education, the class is used as a ...

Map interpretations through graphic representations provide the learner with a spatial understanding of phenomena, processes or events occurring in the territory. The objective of the research is to propose a system of virtual maps for the study of Regional geographic the first year of the Bachelor's Degree in Education - Geography, at the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Villa Clara, Cuba. For the development of the research, methods of information collection and processing of the collected information were used, among which the following stand out: participatory observation, document review, survey, interview, expert criteria, historical-logical, analytical-synthetic, deductive-demonstrative, systemic-structural, ascent from the abstract to the concrete, and modeling. Statistical and mathematical methods are also used. The selected sample consisted of 12 students corresp...