This paper presents results related to the development of activities of applied exploratory modelling to Quantum Physics Teaching by using use of the learning object (LO) called the Quantum Duck. The LO is a metaphor to the photoelectric effect and it makes possible the calculation of the constant of Planck. A study was done through an experiment with High School students. As a result, it was noticed that the construction or manipulation of a model does not depend exclusively of the assimilation of the employed logic in the tool computacional, but of the understanding of the the physical phenomenon and their abilities in relating it to the aim of the developed activity.
modern and contemporary physics; learning object quantum duck; photoelectric effect; exploratory modelling
