Master's Dissertation Project presented to the Graduate Program of the Fluminense Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, in the Professional Master's Degree in Physics Teaching (MNPEF), as a partial requirement necessary to obtain the title of Master in Physics Teaching . This paper is a qualitative case study, and its purpose is to investigate the contributions to critical meaningful learning, from a CTSA-focused teaching proposal, to the study of Energy at the Elementary level and in the context of collaborative construction. from an automated school garden. The theme was chosen because it is inserted in the student's daily life and due to the difficulties presented in the understanding of concepts related to the science discipline. The proposal under development highlights the dynamics of content presentation in eleven teaching moments, all focused on the CTSA approach and the TASC. Various data collection resources were used, such as the use of video and comic book editing applications, simulators, experiments, online and offline games, as well as classes in a non-formal environment (school garden). The theoretical basis for the proposal elaboration and data analysis is based on the Critical Meaningful Learning Theory (TASC). The audience was students of the 9th grade of elementary school II of state school in Campos dos Goytacazes / RJ. The students presented the desire to solve problems, bringing creative contributions, resulting from their research and asynchronous studies. In general, the results of the data analysis pointed to the contributions of the study based on the construction of the automated garden, with evidence of a more critical, meaningful learning about Energy and a sustainable vision regarding the environment and society. At the end of the research it is expected to have contributed to a more meaningful and critical learning, through the contributions of the CTSA approach, so that students use acquired knowledge for interferences and behavioral changes in society as a whole.
Keywords: CTSA. Didactic Proposal. Science teaching. Energy. TASC