Ensino de física e a escola do campo: importância das atividades experimentais

Abstract

This Undergraduate thesis aims to propose alternatives for Physics experimentation using low cost didactic experiments and verify the importance of experimental activities for high school students. Firstly, a theoretical framework was made linking the Physics teaching to the countryside school, as well as a survey of the reality of the schools regarding to the experimental activities in Physics. The work was developed together with the projects of scientific initiation entitled Physics teaching through low cost didactic experiments and Physics Teaching in High School: use of low cost experiments, associated to the Interdisciplinary course in Countryside Education of the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS) in Laranjeiras do Sul. Experiments were carried out in three countryside schools, in the first and third grades of high school. Three experiments were done, two in the third grade, with the subjects resistors association and magnetism, and one in the first grade about linear momentum and mechanical energy conservation. The progress in student learning after the application of the experiments was evaluated through the analysis of structured questionnaires.