Movimento aparente do sol: uma sequência didática no ensino médio

Abstract

The ecliptic is the study of the apparent motion of the Sun. This topic is rarely addressed in high school. Regular education, in general, focuses on a heliocentric perspective. The present research seeks to analyze the reaction and perception of high school students in an integral school in the city of Recife-PE. These students were put in contact with a perspective of geocentric reference, established and consolidated by the celestial sphere, where the stars move around the observer. The research had as a study premise, the seasons in function of the apparent movement of the sun; diagnostic tools like google forms; and the Stellarium space exploration simulator. Through recorded classes and based on the references listed in the project, the students responded to the survey, understood that such a point of view guides them to the understanding of phenomena related to the passage of the seasons, days and nights, and identified the relevance of the application of the educational product proposed in high school.