Mapeamento de ruído usando o programa Google earth Pro: uma proposta para o ensino de Física

Abstract

Physics teaching practices usually privilege the transmission of contents which are static and disconnected from social reality. Prioritizing knowledge construction, giving meaning to what is taught, so that Physics become attractive for students represents a teaching challenge. In order to provide a contextualized and problematizing pedagogical practice, based on the dialectical method, it was elaborated a proposal that integrates a set of didactic-pedagogical actions based on noise mapping using the Google Earth Pro (GEPro) as a strategy to instrumentalize the Physics teaching and learning process. Through noise mapping, we provide teaching that starts from the students' social context and return to it in a transforming perspective. Thus, it was allowed the active participation of students in activities outside of the classroom environment, involving the use of technologies, focusing on noise, which, besides being a sound, is an environmental problem and a public health issue. The educational product developed was applied to a 2nd grade class of Ensino Médio (Brazilian equivalent to High School) of a public school in São Luís - MA, to assess methodology and the actions performed, proving to be a theoretical-practical proposal suitable for use in schools. Students felt more motivated studying the problem of vehicular traffic noise, representing a differential for a more effective participation. The use of theoretical reference of Vygotsky (2007), associated with Gasparin's didactic method (2012), showed the importance of mediation in students' learning, who came to understand noise not only as a physical knowledge, but also as an environmental problem and a public heat issue.