The aim of the work was to verify the limit and contributions of the association between Physic and Geosciences in the High School. To this, two Potentially Meaningful Teaching Units (PMTUS) were developed based in either ...

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 ...

According to Vygotsky's theory of learning, social relations are essential in the development of higher psychological functions. For him, it is through the guided relations with the world that the individual internalizes ...

In this work it is proposed the production of a Potentially Significant Teaching Unit to work concepts related to waves with high school students. A general presentation of the main ideas of Ausubel was made, pointing out ...

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, ...

There are several methodologies that facilitate the teaching of physics. In this work, we studied the use of the Game and the History of Science as tools for teachers. The product presented here and its application were ...

This research work had as a starting point to elaborate a set of didactic sequences directed to the teaching of astronomy for students of the 6th year of elementary school II obeying three stages: Student knowledge, ideas ...

Scientific experimentation is a practical activity that can be widely used in the classroom to boost the motivation of students for learning Physics concepts. It can also be promising to improve the relationship between ...

In this work we present the elaboration of a comic book as a complementary material for the Physics teacher, whose plot takes place in an amusement park, where the characters experience situations in which some specific ...

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 ...