Evidence that modern physics should be taught in high school and that many teachers do not teach this subject, among other reasons, because these teachers do not feel able to do it, led us to a proposal for a set of texts selected from a preliminary study involving 15 students in a course of teacher training in physics, with texts on nanoscience and nanotechnology. In the selection, which was based on extensive review of the subject, we focused on texts in alternative language that avoids the almost exclusive use of mathematical language and seeks also allow the study for different teaching strategies, especially with the history of science and reading popular science.
nanoscience and nanotechnology; physics teaching; professional teacher's education; science education