A astronomia como conteúdo essencial nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental

Abstract

Astronomy has always been present in our daily lives, being the link between our planet and the infinite, allowing us to explore and understand the cosmos (Silva et. al., 2024). Although being one of the oldest sciences that exist, Astronomy has been challenging for both teachers who teach this subject and for students who need to understand topics with a high level of abstraction. Therefore, we see that it is important to know more about it and the phenomena that are seen from Earth and that impact our lives, making it necessary for us to think about the best way to approach this subject with students, especially in how to provide a good foundation in the early years so that they can enter the later years with some basic knowledge that can be further deepened. In this sense, this work seeks to highlight the importance of teaching astronomical content from the early years of elementary education and, for this, discusses the difficulties faced, analyzing official documents and what they propose. In addition, we examined the types of resources available for teaching Astronomy with a focus on understanding the benefits of its teaching from a very young age.