Plastic balance: a chemistry didactic game integrating plastic waste awareness
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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X92708Keywords:
Plastic recycling, Didactic game, Science educationAbstract
Environmental Education in the school context strengthens students’ cognitive, educational, and motivational aspects, in addition to interaction between theory and practice, as well as between thought and action, in the teaching and learning process. In this sense, this study aimed to assess the contributions of the didactic game Plastic Balance to Chemistry teaching, with emphasis on plastic recycling. To this end, the didactic game Plastic Balance was created using recycled plastic caps in the PLASTIMAKER Laboratory at Franciscan University (UFN) in Santa Maria, RS. Additionally, qualitative applied research with a documentary approach was conducted, enabling a deeper exploration of the results within the studied educational context. The research was carried out with students from two classes of elementary school at a private institute in the municipality of Santiago, RS, during 9th-grade Science classes. During the application of Plastic Balance, students were able to compare quantities of reactants and products involved in chemical transformations, as well as enhance the development of the skill proposed in the National Common Curriculum Base (BNCC), which is related to Environmental Education through the recycling of plastic caps.
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