TEACHING ASTRONOMY IN A TEACHER TRAINING COURSE: THE CASE OF THE MARCIAN SURFACE

Abstract

The present work aims to report the experience of teaching Astronomy in a teacher training course, specifically on the areological characteristics of planet Mars through the use of didactic materials printed with a 3D printer. The students who participated in the teaching practice were from the Physics degree course at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia (IFRO) and were engaged in the seventh period, taking the optional course Introduction to Astronomy and Astronautics. The teaching practice was successfully developed in order to allow students to seek knowledge about issues related to the surface of Mars, using other areas of knowledge, such as Geology and Physics. In the end, the students' engagement in the activities proposed by the teacher and the mastery of researched information was noticed, demonstrating that the teaching practice extrapolated what it had been initially thought.