A viagem de Órion e o nascimento das constelações – a mitologia das constelações em história em quadrinhos: uma proposta de ensino de astronomia na educação básica

Abstract

The constellations instigate curiosity, especially when they are observed from the perspective of the set of legends and myths arising from their nomenclatures, which is why the Teaching of Astronomy directed to the school context becomes viable. In this sense, this research sought to present a proposal for the construction of a didactic-pedagogical material for students and teachers working in Basic Education, in the format of a script for the elaboration of comics, entitled: “The journey of Orion and the birth of the constellations”, using the language of Greco-Roman mythology to understand the origin of the constellations, with emphasis on those easily observed in the sky of Pernambuco and region. In this way, we sought to insert the abstract language of Greek and Roman myths for the origin of the constellations, in order to incorporate elements related to Astronomy in the conceptual structure of the students, based on the work developed with the use of comic books. Therefore, it is expected that the educational product, represented by the aforementioned script, involving the mythological characters, can offer theoretical and practical subsidies for teachers to develop relevant themes in the field of Astronomy Teaching, providing them with educational situations of creation in different ways of media, such as comic books, cartoons, theater and others.