IS THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON EVER ILLUMINATED BY THE SUN?

Authors

  • Odilon Giovannini Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática, Universidade de Caxias do Sul.
  • Daiana Pellenz Escola Estadual Dr. Renato Del Mese, Caxias do Sul, (RS).
  • Francisco Catelli Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática, Universidade de Caxias do Sul.

Keywords:

Far side of the Moon, Teaching of Astronomy, Didactic models, Meaningful learning.

Abstract

This work presents the elaboration of an answer to the question "Is the dark side of the moon ever illuminated by the sun?”, in which issues related to the students' conceptions, how they arise, and the core elements that constitute a "good answer" are considered. These issues are initially elaborated from a literature review of the research in the field; then, and also based on this review, a didactic model that involves the relative motions of the Earth - Moon - Sun system is proposed. A description of the application of this model in a learning environment within middle school students is described. This work confirms the students' initial concepts described in the literature; on the other hand, the questions asked by students during the activity provide evidence that meaningful learning, at least to some degree, has occurred.

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Published

2014-07-01

How to Cite

Giovannini, O., Pellenz, D., & Catelli, F. (2014). IS THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON EVER ILLUMINATED BY THE SUN?. Latin-American Journal of Astronomy Education, (17), 91–106. Retrieved from https://relea.ufscar.br/index.php/relea/article/view/189

Issue

No. 17 (2014)

Section

Articles

License

Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto (Open Access) sob a licença Creative Commons Attribution, que permite uso, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, sem restrições desde que o trabalho original seja corretamente citado.