A potencialidade do uso de uma pista de percurso como recurso didático na aprendizagem de Mecânica no Ensino Médio

Abstract

This monograph has purpose to realize a research to evaluate the track toy potentiality, as didactic instrument for construction and concepts learnings related to teaching of mechanics. Experimental didactic activities were elaborated and applied, associated to the toy cars movements on a track, that have intention to provoke students concern for physics learning. The target audience were first year high school students from a public school in the state school system, located in the city of Caçapava do Sul, State of Rio Grande do Sul. The strategy of conducting the experimental activities used different simple resources for appropriation of data such as scales, tapes and timers. The work was theoretically based on Ausubel's theory of Meaningful Learning, which takes into account, in the structuring of new knowledge, the previous knowledge present in the cognitive structure of students. In general, it was found that, despite the limitations, the track, as a playful-experimental method, for teaching mechanics in high school, has potentiality in the exploration of quantities and related physical phenomena. In addition, it was realized that the students were able to infer Physical concepts pertinent to phenomena that were investigated.