The origin of the universe as a topic to discuss the Nature of Science in High School

Abstract

This paper presents an educational activity in which the Nature of Science is discussed in the confrontation of two distinct theories about the origin of the universe. These activities were developed in a high school in Rio de Janeiro. These theories are divergent, one defending the universe as having a defined origin, the Big Bang, and the other an Eternal Universe. At the end of the activities it was possible to verify that the students developed a more complex vision of Science.

Keywords

• história da ciência
• natureza da ciência
• filosofia da ciência