Uso de telescópios remotos no ensino da astronomia: da interface na web à aplicação no estudo do catálogo Messier e da lua

Abstract

The current work is about remote and robotic telescopes as a school activity. In its development, it is based in the consolidated experiences of the Telescopes at School, from Brazil, and MicroObservatory, from United States of America. In order to support the diffusion of remote observation technology in Brazilian education, it recommends the study of the Messier Catalog and the Moon. The research was attended by eleven high school students from the AstroEngenharia Project of the Teotônio Vilela State School in Feira de Santana, a city of Bahia, Brazil. To this research the author used both qualitative and quantitative approach. As a reference for learning, the postulates of Leon Vygotsky, that emphasizing the role of the school in the formation of scientific concepts and the teacher’s performance in the zone of proximal development (ZPD). The products include tutorials, forms and spreadsheets, as well as activities with image in false color, the calculation of the diameter of the lunar craters and the creation of the images bank.