Práticas motivadoras para a aprendizagem da mecânica para estudantes do ensino médio, contextualizadas no ensino das ciências ambientais

Abstract

Sciences are interconnected since their origins since natural sciences originate from Natural Philosophy and this one from Philosophy. Within this context, the emergence of the new interdisciplinary field of Environmental Sciences leads us to reflect on the interconnection that exists between the parts, reminding us that as a species we are a part of a whole. Thus, we sought to contextualize the Teaching of Physics, more specifically Mechanics, in the Teaching of Environmental Sciences. This work aimed to develop pedagogical scripts based on the use of low-cost teaching materials for the teaching of physics in an interdisciplinary perspective, contextualizing its concepts in environmental knowledge, to provide an understanding of the phenomena associated with culture, using practice as motivating tool for learning the Natural Sciences. The research was characterized as a qualitative approach, with a descriptive and analytical purpose based on bibliographic, documentary and action research. The action research was conducted during the development of experiments in which the teacher/researcher represented a real situation to be investigated, proposing a participatory and collaborative activity to be applied to 1st year students of technical courses in Agriculture, Informatics, and Integrated Administration to IFAM/CSGC High School. As a result, two proposals for contextualized practice and the production of Manual of Experiments were reached. The phenomena explored were those of free fall and projectile launching, using elements of the cultural and environmental reality of the students as an integrating element: the fall of fruits of native species contextualized the first experiment. In the second, the throwing of darts propelled by the blow of the blowgun was brought, an ancient and traditional tool of indigenous peoples all over the planet, including among the ethnic groups of the Alto Rio Negro region, where the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira is located. It is intended that the manual produced becomes an aid instrument in the teaching of mechanics, which helps teachers from the Amazon region in their classes to facilitate the understanding of Scalar Kinematics by students in the discipline of Physics of High School, which can be reproduced, improved, or serve as a basis for future classroom practices.