O ensino de Astronomia com foco nas fases da Lua para alunos do ensino fundamental de forma investigativa.

Abstract

In this work, we present a project of intervention developed in the school environment. “Teaching Astronomy with a focus on Moon phases to students in elementary school in an investigative way” aims to work with the Moon phases in an investigative way with a different methodology that is not presented in didactic books. This approach is presented through a didactic sequence that aims to find out if the investigative teaching can overcome the deficiency in teaching Astronomy by some teachers and arouse the student’s interest in the subject. To develop this didactic sequence with a focus on “Formation of the Moon phases” the observation and draw was stimulated, the results were discussed according to the theoretical framework of an investigative nature. Several didactic modalities were used: construction of concepts from problematization, videos, construction of models of observation of the Moon phases over a period of fifteen consecutive days. This research also presented the previous conceptions that the students already have and based on possible failures in the teaching process of Astronomy in public schools. The data show that the students records after the development of the didactic sequence and observations of Moon phases that investigative teaching favors the process of teaching and learning and bringing them closer to the scientific reality.