The main objective of this work was the elaboration and application of a board game involving physical concepts related to the daily life of the students. The research here points out the importance of using ludic activities ...

It is necessary students know the scientific questions of each time, so they may understand how science has developed over time. Galileo lived in a historical context that enabled him to be recognized as one of the great ...

Students generally do not feel very close to physics and consider it beyond their realities and capabilities. Physics teachers can use various teaching techniques to try desmistifying this and presenting scientific knowledge ...

Due to the importance of the teaching of Modern and Contemporary Physics (MCP) in basic education, especially in high school, and the technologies developed as of the end of the 19th century, as well as their applications, ...

This work approaches theoretical topics of physics addressed to high school, which don’t usually appear in the literature of physics teaching but cause questions and curiosity in the students. This work used experimental ...

The professionalizing technical education deals with the challenge of training professionals for new professions, which entails the shaping of technical courses that have a demand for teachers with specific experiences. ...

Energy is the most fundamental physical property in the study of science and in the understanding of the world around us. This physical quantity is often approached during the teaching of physics in areas like Thermodynamics, ...

A Physics workshop is a hands-on activity that can be used in the classroom or in the counter-time to increase student motivation in introductory physics courses at any level. In addition to helping students acquire a good ...

A very common characteristic of science education curricula is the expectation that students learn the proposed scientific content, its methodologies and about science itself, which includes its nature, its interaction ...

Teaching concepts of physical optics to high school students, especially those related to the behavior of light, is not a simple task. The approach to these topics is scarce, and short class time during the week are the ...