Análise da influência do uso do software de simulação e brincadeiras nas aulas sobre Leis de Newton no 1º ano do ensino médio no IFPI - Campus Uruçuí

Abstract

The teaching of Physics through fun and technological approaches is a great challenge and very promising, the results of the influences of these means are being studied and disseminated by educational researches in the last decades. At the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI) Uruçuí campus, as well as in most schools in Brazil, students' repugnance towards Physics is notable when compared to other subjects in the curriculum. Pointing out alternative teaching methodologies to traditional ones helps teachers in the preparation of lesson plans that aim at a more interactive class, improving student learning. This article presents an analysis of the influence of alternative methodologies in the class on Newton's Laws in the 1st year of high school at the IFPI campus Uruçuí. Initially, the traditional methodology of presenting the content through mathematical formulas and solving university entrance exam questions was used, then Newton's Laws were studied through discussions about the students' everyday situations and a game known as tug of war, and finally, the content was presented using software that simulates everyday situations from the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado. In this work, the students' interest was analyzed qualitatively during the class on Newton's Laws using the three didactic strategies. students' interest in Physics classes