Cinemática e Matemática: uma abordagem interdisciplinar

Abstract

Teaching physics and mathematics has been a major challenge for teachers, particularly in high school. Students, upon entering high school, generally have significant mathematical deficiencies, which ultimately compromises the teaching of both. This is due to several factors, including cognitive, pedagogical, and social-emotional factors. This work proposes an approach to assist in the teaching-learning process of both kinematics (in classical mechanics, in physics) and mathematics, through the application of a didactic sequence for high school that emphasizes and utilizes the interdisciplinarity between them. Topics covered include first-degree functions, uniform motion, second-degree functions, uniformly varied motion, vertical launch, and horizontal launch. Furthermore, simulations using the virtual platform/simulator Phet are used, and experiments focusing on these topics are proposed. It is important to highlight that the didactic sequence is structured with activities that can be applied individually or sequentially. It can be used by both a physics teacher for teaching with foundation in mathematics and by a mathematics teacher for teaching with examples in physics. The approach presented is expected to effectively contribute to the construction of knowledge about the topics covered in kinematics and mathematics.