Sequência didática utilizando a Terrella para o ensino do campo magnético terrestre

Abstract

Official documents such as the BNCC indicate the paths to be followed in basic education in our country, reinforcing the need for integrative activities that engage and motivate students, preparing them to live in such a complex world. The teaching of astronomy has been recommended by such documents given its potential, both for the fascination it causes in most people but also for its interdisciplinary and can be approached in any scientific discipline. Thus, in this research, a didactic sequence (SD) was analyzed that constitutes the educational product, with the objective of verifying its contribution to the teaching of the terrestrial magnetic field, using Terrell, which constitutes a historical experimental model of the Earth. To this end, we start by highlighting the relevance of astronomy teaching at BNCC, and how researchers refer to the use of didactic sequences within a differentiated teaching context. The application of SD with the students proved to be quite fruitful, contributing to the reduction of the abstraction of the concept of terrestrial magnetic field in a playful and pleasant way.