Estudo da física térmica a partir da construção de uma chocadeira elétrica: aprendizagem baseada em projetos

Abstract

Mostly part of the high school students at Rural Schools have understanding and linking difficulties related to Physics knowledge contents worked in the class and their own reality; consequently, this condition may result in learning decline, disinterest, evasion, and failure. In this context, using the Methodology of Learning Based on Projects, an activity sequence was developed aiming to study the heat and temperature with the construction of an electrical poultry incubator. The activity sequence was implemented with the students from second-grade high school at the rural school. Through the assistance and analysis pre and post applied to the class group, it was observed, after the comparison, that the content appropriation was carried out more effectively than through the traditional method. The home electrical poultry incubator construction has allowed students to face more significant and challenging problems and issues from the real world. The search for solutions based on cooperative work also contributed to the development of skills and especially the ability to involve students in problem-solving. The obtained results have shown that the active methodology approach combined with the context in which the student is and lives enhances and facilitates significantly the learning process related to the concepts and physical phenomena, in this case, concepts concerned with heat and temperature.