THE USE OF LOW COST MATERIALS FOR EXPERIMENTATION IN THE CLASS OF DENSITY AND HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE

Abstract

The physics class based on a mathematical formalism, or
even without relating the content to the everyday, has caused that most of the students do not establish affinity with the discipline, which leads to a mechanical learning of the presented concepts. This work describes a teaching action using low cost materials for experimentation in hydrostatic teaching. For that, three classes of the 1st Year of High School of the Federal Institute of Mato Grosso - Campus Alta Floresta were used. It is a didactic experience, where some concepts of Significant Learning Theory and principles of meaningful critical learning have been put into use. The students worked individually and / or in pairs, and the classes lasted half a month. During this process the teacher presented experimental activities of low cost and encouraged the students to produce their experiments to close the classes. The motivation of the students during the experimental classes was clear and the commitment of the students to the production of their experiments was observed. In general, the students appeared to have a conceptual elevation and assimilation of new concepts, demonstrating that the activities attend the desired purposes.