A realidade aumentada como recurso didático alternativo para o ensino de astronomia: uma sequência didática para o estudo do sistema solar

Abstract

Each year the use of Information and Communication Technologies in education is increasing, there is a demand for teaching methodologies that involve the technological advances employed in various areas and in our daily lives. However, it is necessary that the use of technologies in education can be planned and can incorporate different teaching methodologies and that the computer is not seen as the solution of all educational problems but as a tool in the teaching and learning process. In this sense, augmented reality emerges as a proposal that has been increasing its applicability in the educational environment, since it enables the application of computational resources to the teaching of contents through images, videos and three-dimensional objects. In this paper we elaborate a didactic sequence in order to evaluate the contribution of augmented reality to the learning process. This didactic sequence was designed for the teaching of astronomy content in a high school class of a federal public school in the municipality of Jataí. A didactic material with augmented reality was elaborated associating videos and objects in three dimensions for the study of the Solar System. Software was developed during research to work with augmented reality. The didactic sequence is proposed in stages that provide an initial assessment, the use of augmented reality teaching materials and digital resources, group pedagogical activities and final assessment. After the application of the proposal we observed a satisfactory involvement of the students in the activities and a greater motivation for the study of the content. We evaluated that the use of the software along with videos and group activities in physics classes had a good acceptance by the students and promoted their interaction with each other and with the teacher.