Gravitação Universal: Uma Revisão Teórica E Atividades Para O Ensino Médio

Abstract

In this paper a theoretical review of the study of Universal Gravitation is carried out, starting from the Greek philosophers passing through Nicolau Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler until the formulation of Isaac Newton's Universal Gravitation Law, describing how each contributed to the development of astronomy, then a basic idea of the Pedagogical Foundations of Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky and Jerome Bruner will be presented, which will support a set of activities that can be taught to high school students in a way that stimulates their interest in studying of this concept that is the basis of astronomy the Universal Gravitation.