Atividades matemáticas com o Google Earth

Abstract

Technological advances have influenced the way of teaching and learning mathematics, requiring the teacher another posture to deal both with the new features available as with new generation of students. Seeking to meet this demand and to support the teaching, discusses this material on the use of Google Earth in the teaching-learning process, particularly in the construction of mathematical knowledge. Its main objective is to present mathematical activities for high school, produced in the dynamic environment of software that, combined with problem solving among other methodological tools, establishes connections between mathematics and different knowledge, allowing the student to learn and understand the world better. Therefore, anchored in literature and prior use of multimedia materials in the classroom, it is initially a discussion from theoretical reflections about the importance of using technology in mathematics classrooms. It is then present a set of different activities that can be used both by students and by teachers in class or at home room, providing opportunities for meaningful learning from images of the globe, as well as the various layers of information available on program. Thus, it is expected that teachers can use this material in class of Mathematics and the students feel motivated to solve the problems in the proposed activities. This work shows an alternative to enrich the mathematics teaching-learning process through the use of technological resources, promoting the development of skills and abilities necessary for their training to continue their studies, for work and for life in society.