A QUÍMICA NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL 2: COMO CONTEXTUALIZAR SUA PRÁTICA COM MATERIAIS ALTERNATIVOS

Abstract

The approach to themes related to the field of chemistry in schools generally starts from the 9th grade, that is, the last grade of elementary II. Within this approach, it is necessary to contextualize the contents in a practical way. This is due to the fact that chemistry is an exact sciences discipline and often becomes abstract from a purely theoretical point of view. In this regard, it is very important for the teacher to create didactic mechanisms of a practical nature in order to make the teaching-learning process more attractive for students during elementary school II. Within this context, this work carried out a qualitative research to collect information about the teaching of science in two public schools in the municipality of Catalão-Goiás. For prospecting information on science teaching, a form was applied to two 9th grade classes, with students between 13 and 17 years old. The answers of the 69 students led to the understanding that science teaching does not present a practical contextualization of its theory. All students were unanimous in wanting to take practical science classes. In view of the problems detected for the absence of practical classes, 12 scripts for practical classes were proposed here using materials that are easy to obtain and perform, which can serve as support in the pedagogical planning of this discipline.