Classy(room) rockets

Abstract

The experience illustrates a didactic itinerary, done through cooperative and differentiated activities, about the project of making and launching a rocket model. The activity was centered in a narrative framework of self-development and education to choices by means of the vision of the film October Sky (Johnson, 1999). The project was designed for students of third-grade middle class (basic math course) strongly demotivated, low inclined to learning and with a lowdeveloped life planning. The proposal, which lends itself to (inter)disciplinary and transversal expansions, has aroused motivation and cooperation of students, making it possible to investigate different mathematical fields and stimulate the students to their personal growth.