Um olhar diferente para o universo: uso do planetário para o ensino de astroquímica

Abstract

Teacher training must be continuous and can help education professionals in their preparation for changes in the educational context. In this process, we seek to stimulate the development of skills and abilities aimed at the new teaching methodologies, with emphasis on the National Curricular Common Base (BNCC) and the Common National Base for the Continuing Training of Basic Education Teachers (BNC-Continued Training). The objective of the work was based on the possibility of using the planetarium aligned with the training of teachers within the proposal of the new BNCC. The use of a planetarium in this work intends to stimulate a reflective and critical formation within a theme that is rarely addressed in the general education of teachers. The methodology applied allowed the construction of a proposal for training and investigation, through a form, for the understanding of a group or an organization in relation to astrochemistry and its universe of meanings. The development involved the use of the Stellarium software that combines the exposure of various astronomical phenomena and the presentation of images of planets, stars, and the production of a questionnaire to be applied before and after the activity. The educational product generated is a booklet containing the proposal for the assembly of the planetarium and questionnaires to reflect on the perspectives and potential of this instrument for the promotion of non-formal education and the teaching of astrochemistry.