Estratégia metodológica de uso de Simulador PhET na actividade experimental de circuitos eléctricos no processo de ensino e aprendizagem da Física, na 10ª Classe do Curso de Ciências Físicas e Biológicas do Liceu nº 1068 na Matala

Abstract

Physics, by many, entitled Science of the 21st century, won and continues to augur that it will always be the Science of all future centuries, unquestionable for its economic, social and cultural contribution to peoples. It is in this context that numerous researchers are carrying out their research, with the aim of getting to know nature better, discovering laws and putting them into practice for the benefit of man. In several schools, in particular, in Liceu nº 1068 in Matala, the students of the 10th Grade of the Physical and Biological Sciences Course, face enormous difficulties in understanding the electrical phenomena specifically in the construction of electrical circuits, for not having combined the theory studied with experimentation resulting from the application of inadequate methodologies. This allowed the author to better investigate the situation and come to the conclusion of proposing another methodology that facilitates the experimental activity using a PhET simulator to obtain a meaningful student learning. The investigation was carried out by making a diagnosis of the current state of the PEA of Physics, specifically in the construction of electric circuits of direct current, in Liceu Nº 1.068 -Matala, an attempt was made to psychopedagogically base the teaching-learning process of Physics and finally to elaborate a methodological strategy based on the use of the PheT computational simulator in experimental activity of some electrical circuits in the discipline of Physics in the 10th grade of Liceu nº 1068.