A atividade experimental em astronomia: um resgate do saber popular e as contribuições para o ensino fundamental

Abstract

In this work, the interaction of students of the 6th year of Elementary School II of the public network in the process of building a sundial in the school yard will be presented, using simple materials, but with a didactic technique. So that this intervention could happen in a practical way and that the students could visualize the theory, it was presented in the classroom and brought in an opportune moment the space for the verbalization of this unexplored knowledge. During the conversation wheel we had the opportunity to understand the popular knowledge that each student has and how families use this knowledge about Astronomy to support their families. The said State School is inserted in a community where agriculture is the basis of family support and so the students were exposed to understanding through scientific data of how Astronomy is important in this process of planting and harvesting, contributing to transform the concepts and applications of this Science into something tangible. During the exchange of information with the students, it is important that everyone in this opportunity to build their knowledge understand and be able to evaluate hypotheses about previously supposed problems, interconnect information from Astronomy with the actions of their family members in planting and thus provide opportunities for learning basic concepts. of Astronomy.