Uma atividade investigativa sobre reações químicas para estudantes do ensino fundamental: relato de experiência

Abstract

This work concerns the development of a teaching proposal on the content of Chemical Reaction, elaborated in the perspective of the investigative approach, with students of the 6th year of Elementary School II of a municipal school in Betim-MG. The objective was to verify the students' involvement and learning in a teaching activity, which discusses the concept of chemical reaction in an investigative approach. For data collection, tests were carried out before and after the development of the proposal, a report sheet that the students filled out during the activity, notes made by the researcher in the field diary and the dialogues, observations and reflections made during the classes. In the end, this research provided evidence that suggests that the use of investigative activities as a teaching strategy allows students to have intellectual autonomy to build knowledge through problem solving. In addition, activities of this type can contribute to making students more interested and involved in the classes and, consequently, help in understanding and appropriating the content addressed.