Estados da matéria e energia: a construção de um roteiro didático para ensinar conceitos fundamentais da química, por meio de simulações PhET

Abstract

Computer simulations are teaching tools that have shown satisfactory applications in the classroom. In addition to being attractive to students, they present visual and experimental opportunities that can be explored in the teaching-learning process. The creation of didactic scripts leads students to take a leading role with the use of tool simulations together with the mediation of the teacher in the preparation of activities, survey of concepts and conducting the class. Thus, taking the student to a more active learning. Within this perspective, the present work comes to create, apply and evaluate didactic script for teaching states of matter and energy through PhET simulations. The script produced was applied to higher education students in the chemistry course. Data were collected through Google Forms and categorized for analysis of responses, in addition to observations made by the teacher. It was possible to perceive that the script needs a clear language, the time of 50 min is sufficient for its application, students feel engaged and mainly that the script created is suitable for the beginning of the contents covered, with identification of students' previous knowledge.