Ensino de conceitos de astrobiologia e evolução estelar por meio de um jogo de tabuleiro

Abstract

The teaching of Astronomy and Astrobiology is prescribed in official documents, such as the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais +. In practice, few physics teachers have the necessary knowledge to address such content in the classroom. In this way, this work presents the development of a board game, a resource that facilitates the teaching of Astronomy and Astrobiology and has the potential to engage young people through play. The material was developed based on Vygotsky's socio-historical learning theory, seeking to instigate students to learn through the direct interaction between the players and the game mechanics, which present concepts about stellar evolution, habitable zone, evolution of a stellar system, among others. The goal of the game is to make a planet habitable in a star system, created by the player. For this, a planet should be within the habitable zone of the star and it should have water and organic components. In this way, this material can become na auxiliary tool in the teaching / learning process of Astronomy and Astrobiology contentes in the current Brazilian scenario.