Interdisciplinary study of the synthesis of the origin of the chemical elements and their role in the formation and structure of the Earth

We discuss in this work the issue of chemical element origin in the stars and the Big Bang, with the aim of linking the subject smoothly with the formation of the Solar System and the structure of the Earth in an updated and pedagogical fashion. A few cases in which these subjects are present but disjoint in different degrees are shown, and a suggestion for its introduction in a set of classes made, as well as issues in Teacher's Education and existing Curricula revisited. The goal is to break the boundaries of separated presentation and to emphasize the unity and coherence of sciences.

Keywords:
Interdisciplinarity; Teacher formation; School curricula

Authorship

K.A. Horvath ^**Correspondence email address:: kaahorvath@gmail.com.

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divisão de Geofísica Espacial, São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil.Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas EspaciaisBrasilSão José dos Campos, SP, BrasilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divisão de Geofísica Espacial, São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil.

P.S. Bretones

Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Departamento de Metodologia de Ensino, SP, Brasil.Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrasilSP, BrasilUniversidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Departamento de Metodologia de Ensino, SP, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0623-8277

J.E. Horvath

Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, São Paulo SP, Brasil.Universidade de São PauloBrasilSão Paulo, SP, BrasilUniversidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, São Paulo SP, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4089-3440

^*Correspondence email address:: kaahorvath@gmail.com.

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“Fuel”	Main Products	Secondary Products	Ignition Temperature ( $10^{9} K)$	Duration of stellar cycle (yr)
H	$H e$	$^{14} N$	0.02	${2 \times 10}^{7}$
$H e$	$C, O$	$^{18} {O,}^{22} N e$	0.2	$10^{6}$
C	$N e, M g$	$N a$	0.8	$10^{3}$
$N e$	$O, M g$	$A l, P$	1.5	3
O	$S i, S$	$C l, A r, K, C a$	2.0	0.8
$S i$	$F e$	$T i, V, C r, N i, M n, C o$	3.5	< 1 week