Simulador sol-terra e seus fenômenos: aplicação com alunos do ensino médio

• Autor(a) principal: Prudente, Lucas Alves da Silva [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/149271; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2017-01-20/000875906.pdf
• topic: Fisica; Astronomia - Estudo e ensino; Astronomia - História; Physics

Astronomy as a branch of science must be presented to students in primary education and most of times it does not occur in the right and pleasurable way, considering that the preparation of the professional is not appropriate and there are misconceptions in teaching materials. When we turn to observe this perspective, it is necessary to make a literature review of the history of astronomy, both in the global and national aspect, so that it can be seen that the teaching mode to which this branch of science is applied is due to construction by the evolution of the country and its citizens. Once this observation was done, we turn attention back to the astronomy education in schools. When considered the main themes applied and where students have difficulties, it is possible to notice a deficiency framework in the teaching/learning process, and it was found that when asked about the seasons, almost all individuals were unaware or confused about the reasons of the existence of such natural phenomena as commonplace in our lives. Due to this conclusion, an experimental kit was developed, consisting of an Earth-Sun Simulator and its phenomena, along with a support for the experiment material, so it can be used in astronomy classes. Built the equipment, some tests were applied in order to verify its effectiveness, so they can be analyzed strengths and points to be rethought, allowing some corrections or modifications of the support material or the simulator