Proposta de unidade de ensino potencialmente significativa para o estudo da pressão atmosférica

Abstract

This work presents the use of a Potentially Significant Teaching Unit (UEPS) as a methodology for a Physics class. It explains issues related to atmospheric pressure, using the history of physics and comics, together with low-cost experiences, aiming to promote more contextualized classes, reduce the distance between the students' daily lives and the contents of Physics, enabling the development of the student's critical view in relation to science and the construction of scientific knowledge. A teaching sequence based on the 8 steps of UEPS was elaborated and applied to a class of the 2nd year of high school in a private school. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposal, data were collected regarding the interactions of students in the development of UEPS and the activities carried out, including questionnaires applied at the beginning and end of UEPS. We verified the effectiveness of the proposal organized as UEPS. both for the analysis of the participation and interactions of the students, and for the high rate of correct answers to the questionnaires.