Launching Projects with the Help of the PHET Interactive Simulator: Motivating with Pet Bottle Rockets.
Physics education; Projectile launch; 3MP approach.
This proposal aims to be an auxiliary material for the teaching of Projectile Launching, with the help of the PHET interactive simulator, with a view to helping the teacher in the construction of a meaningful learning, making the student leave the state of passivity and become knowledge building agent.
The general objective of this proposal is the monitoring of the application of a sequence with a view to meaningful learning. The sequence worked is a 3MP approach, which aims at the articulation between the Freirean theme and the teaching of Sciences by investigation, an alternative and innovative way of teaching, in which the teacher can follow the proposed instructions, but without failing to introduce elements related to the conditions local and regional.
Initially approached by Delizocoiv (1982,1983), it promotes the transposition of Paulo Freire's education to the space of formal education. This approach has three stages, namely: Initial Problematization, Knowledge Organization and Knowledge Application, which will be detailed in the development of this work.
The theoretical framework to achieve the objectives presented is the Theory of Meaningful Learning, by David Ausubel.