Exoplaneta: um texto paradidático para divulgação científica utilizando a linguagem popular nordestina

Abstract

Since the dawn of humanity, man has wondered about the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the functioning of the universe. The emergence of new telescopes and technological advances generate public interest in exoplanets, planets that are not in our Solar System and the ancient possibility of life on one of them. The great difficulty of educators and scientists today is to overcome the barrier of academia to bring scientific knowledge in a simplified way to elementary and high school students, as well as to the general population. In order to popularize science, this work aims to create an ebook, in novel format, that tells the story of Toin, an 18-year-old boy who travels through the Brazilian northeast to find out if there really is life in other planets. Toin, as Antônio is called by friends and family, travels through three northeastern states and lives surprising adventures in search of answers to his existential questions. Toin has an in-depth knowledge of public institutions forgotten by a large part of the Brazilian population. The methodology used was to organize scientific concepts hierarchically under a mental map, to transpose scientific knowledge about exoplanets into a story told. The story involves characters common to the scenarios of northeastern cities, so a sheet was made with data from all the characters in the novel. With this didactic product it is expected to contribute to the popularization of astronomy and overcome the barriers of academia.