Uma sequência didática para ensinar relatividade restrita no ensino médio com o uso de TIC

Abstract

The Didactic sequence proposed in this paper considers the recommendations of the National Curriculum Parameters (PCN), towards a gradual integration of twentiethcentury physics in high school, a topic that unfortunately is still very little explored in the country's classrooms. The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education can provide more participatory education process, making it more open and interactive teacher-student relationship. To this end, this work presents the application of a didactic sequence, including its analysis and results in the classroom for teaching relativity to high school students of the College of private schools in the municipality of Apucarana- Pr. The proposal is based on theoretical Meaningful Learning of David Ausubel. The sequence in question is systematic use of computational resources, especially an original spreadsheet developed in Excel, in order to improve understanding of basic concepts of relativity, as well as the deduction of fundamental mathematical relationships that are logical consequence of the postulates Einstein. In addition to this feature, it was also used the History of Science to contextualize students about the historical moment in which the world was inserted at the time that the theory of relativity was developed. With this, students could still learn a little about life, work and contribution left by Albert Einstein. Interstellar a movie part that deals with time travel, and computer simulators also was used. All resources were applied seeking to approach the technology (well-known youth) in the classroom, in order to improve the teachinglearning process. Our results indicate that the use of ICT in this process provide an interactive lesson and dynamic for both the student and the teacher. Thus, we can say that the proposal applied has a great pedagogical potential as students, during the application, were more motivated to physics classes. We believe this is the first step in learning to occur significantly.