Uma proposta de abordagem da primeira lei da termodinâmica para o segundo ano do ensino médio

Abstract

A relevant part of physical phenomena in our daily life concern to heat, a form of energy of essencial importance to maintaining life and its complex relations. We may cite as examples of the importance of heat the mere fact of cooking meals, the use of thermal machines and smoking sensors. This monograph has the purpose of elaborating a didactical sequence to approach the First Law of Thermodinamics for students of the second year of High School. To acomplish this purpose, a school book on Physics used in a public high school in the city of Monsenhor Hipólito (PI) was analyzed, in the light of the Meaningful Learning Theory developed by David Ausubel, and based on national standards (Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais) used in Brazil for high school level. Based on that analysis, a didactical sequence was elaborated, inspired on the ideas of Antoni Zabala