Os conhecimentos indígenas interligados aos conhecimentos da física: o caso das fases da lua

Abstract

Indigenous education is guaranteed by laws such as the Federal Constitution of 1988, the Law of Guidelines and Bases for National Education and National Curriculum Parameters, which establish the right to specific and differentiated education, valuing and strengthening indigenous culture. Educational institutions, as well as all curricular components of basic education, must work on the theme of indigenous culture throughout the school curriculum. This article aims to report the development of a didactic intervention for teaching indigenous culture intertwined with topics of Physics, focusing on the Phases of the Moon. as narrative “A Lenda do Sol e da Lua” by the Tupi Guarani people, lasting three hours, with eight students. It was possible to understand some potentialities of indigenous culture in the interconnection, in a non-anecdotal way, with topics of teaching and learning in Physics, as well as the appreciation of this ancient culture.