PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY: A DIDACTIC SEQUENCE APPLIED TO PHYSICS TEACHING
Modern Physics, High School, Solar Energy
The teaching of Physics has not followed the technological advances in the last decades, modern Physics, fundamental for several areas of society and the development of such technologies, is little or almost never explored in basic education, according to some reports in the literature. The purpose of this study was to develop and apply a Didactic Sequence (SD) for the teaching of Modern Physics, through photovoltaic solar energy. The SD was based on the methodology of the Three Pedagogical Moments of Delizoicov and Angotti, and applied to students in the third year of regular high school. A pre and post test was applied to verify the students' learning, and a statistical analysis was performed using the paired t test. In general, the students participated assiduously in the research, performed well in the activities, and showed interest throughout the entire SD. In addition, there was a considerable improvement in the hit rate in both tests. With the results found, we conclude that through SD, it is possible to approach the content of Modern Physics in a diversified way and linked to the students' daily lives, in order to achieve better learning.