Desenvolvimento de material didático de apoio de astronomia para professores do segundo ciclo do ensino fundamental

Abstract

Aiming to develop a didactic material support to help to solve the main teachers´ difficulties when planning their Astronomy classes, we made a study about the papers published by researchers in this discipline, trying to identify the main obstacles to be overcome in the teaching of this discipline. From the results obtained in the study, we designed a didactic support material for the Astronomy teaching in the middle school to be submitted for the rating of a sample of teachers in the public schools in the city of Passo Fundo (RS). This material intends to be an additional consultation referential to guide the teaching work, providing to teacher, as much as possible, updated informations, educational guidelines that expand knowledge and point to alternative conceptions detected by other authors, besides to bring suggestions for practical activities and observation, when approaching Astronomy subjects in this school phase.