Seismic Dinamics for High school

Dinamics, Tuned Dynamic Attenuator , Oscillations, Physics Teaching, Research Teaching.

For learning to take place in a meaningful way, it is not only necessary to transmit knowledge, but characteristics such as interest, socialization and students’ experiences must be taken into account. This work shows the application of a didactic sequence and the experiment associated with it, which aimed to teach the dynamics of earthquakes, where themes involving oscillations, energy and work are elaborate, and was applied with classes from the 1st grade of regular high school and EJA classes. This sequence emphasized the construction of scientific knowledge, critical thinking and student autonomy. Ausubel’s theory of meaningful learning brings prior knowledge as one of the main factors to be considered for teaching. For Vygotsky, the learning process takes place through social interactions, where signs must have their meanings interpreted according to their own experiences. . Associated with these authors, teaching by investigation seeks to highlight students’ experiences and knowledge, produce autonomy and critical thinking, as well as make teaching practice more sociable. The experiment consists of a scale model of a building, equipped with a Tuned Dynamic Attenuator, on a Seismic Agitation Table, this experiment is primarily intended to promote in the student the willingness to participate in the didactic sequence, also allowing the development of more connected concepts, through associations with existing technologies, and concepts related to disciplines other than physics, such as the concepts of seismic waves, magnitude and intensity. The evaluation of these activities was carried out during the application of the didactic sequence and positive results were observed in its application. We hope that the teacher can take advantage of this work, exploring the readings and studies of this dissertation, as well as carrying out the activities proposed here.