Resumen en inglés

Environmental problems are universal, this type of problems related to the environment occur in all countries, regardless of socioeconomic level, these situations must be assumed by schools and educational systems, forming awareness in new generations to assume care of the environment and resources, through friendly practices related to the conservation of nature. The main objective of this research is to improve the appropriation and development in the teaching and learning processes of Environmental Education, through the implementation of predesigned virtual simulators in ninth grade of the Alfonso Builes Correa school of the Municipality of Planeta Rica. The authors developed a qualitative study, based on the application of surveys, a checklist and semi-structured interviews with teachers of Natural Sciences and Environmental Education at the Alfonso Builes Correa school. The results obtained show appropriation of pre-designed virtual simulators as an important strategy for teaching environmental education in the ninth grade of the Alfonso Builes Correa school, teachers at a general level considered the implementation of simulators as an appropriate and pertinent strategy for teaching environmental education, therefore, its use is recommended at an educational level.