Jogo educacional para o ensino de astronomia no ensino médio: colonizando marte

Abstract

In this research we approach the teaching of Astronomy with a focus on the Solar System and the colonization of the planet Mars. The research aims to analyse the application of an educational game with high school students from EREM Sizenando Silveira, two classes of the 1st year and two classes of the 2nd year were chosen for the application of the educational product. The theoretical framework was based on David Ausubel's meaningful learning and Lev Vygotsky's theories of teaching through games. For this, we divided the present work into 5 moments, in the first moment we applied a probing test, in the second moment we taught lectures using interactive teaching resources, in the third moment the students watched a documentary about space travel, in the fourth moment we applied the educational game that we developed and in the fifth and last moment we reapplied the diagnostic test with the purpose of discussing the results of deaths through the educational product. The educational product consists of a physical board game, adapted from the Monopoly game where throughout their journey students must rely on strategies and their knowledge of astronomy. From this work it was possible to verify that classes with the use of interactive software allow the student to better interact with the content and develop a critical sense about the difficulties of a space colonization, in addition the use of didactic games is a method capable of encouraging students through topics related to the teaching of astronomy and other related areas.