Diniz, Marco Tulio MendonçaSantos, Desidério Garcia2017-10-172017-10-172017-06-21SANTOS, Desidério Garcia. Produção do Livro Paradidático “Grandes Reservatórios do Seridó Potiguar”. 2017. 125f. Dissertação (Mestrado Profissional em Geografia) - Centro de Ensino Superior do Seridó, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2017.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/24107This study was engaged in the production of the paradidactic book entitled "Large reservoirs of Seridó Potiguar". The general objective was to elaborate a textual material (paradidactic book), aimed at the students of geography of Elementary School II and High School, about the large artificial reservoirs of Seridó Potiguar and the municipality of Jucurutu, addressing its importance within the scope of Geography. The specific objectives were: to prepare a historical synthesis of the construction of those reservoirs; to describe the main socio-environmental characteristics of Seridó Potiguar, relating them to the construction of artificial reservoirs in this region, and to characterize the large artificial reservoirs and their uses. The elaboration of this material demanded the accomplishment of a descriptive-exploratory research with quantitative approach and the methodological contributions the field research, as well as the documentary and bibliographical research. The book is structured with an introduction and five chapters, one for each reservoir studied. The introduction discusses the geographical characteristics of Seridó Potiguar; the first chapter is about the Itans weir; the second chapter about the Gargalheiras; the third on the Santo Antônio (Sabugi); the fourth about the Dam Boqueirão from Parelhas and the fifth about the Oiticica Dam, which is under construction. In the writing of these chapters, a language more accessible to the target public (students of Elementary School II and High School) was sought, technical and academic languages of books, reports, dissertations and other texts were transformed into a didactic language and adapted to the school level to that this material is destined. The current reality of the Brazilian semi-arid region, specifically of the Seridó norte-rio-grandense, In the context of crisis in the water supply due to the drought that ravages this space in the years 2012 to 2017,e vidences the importance that the theme Water Resources (Large Reservoirs) takes on in the students' experiences, directly affecting their daily lives. Thus, the book brings the students closer to this geographic content lived day by day, as well as contributes to geographic science and to the development of geography teaching in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.Acesso AbertoLivro paradidáticoRecursos hídricosSemiárido e hidrogeografiamasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::GEOGRAFIA