Química e cultura Pop: Elaboração de uma cartilha com propostas educacionais como ferramenta didática para educação básica

Abstract

The cultural transformations and archetypes that modern society has been going through lead to changes in the way man understands the world scientifically. When mentioning transformations, we can highlight the influence of cinema, television, comics, and the considerable increase in the use of the internet and its services. In view of the above, the general objective of this research was the construction of a booklet for educational purposes for the teaching of chemistry through anime and superheroes, elements of pop culture. The universe of the research consisted of groups of chemistry and science students in basic education, from the application of a questionnaire in the classroom. As a result of this study, the answers with the highest incidence were selected for the construction of the didactic material. The booklet presents four proposals about: Atomic Models and Dragon ball; Naruto and the flame test; Darkseid and Entropy; and Heroes and the Radioactivity. The proposals were analyzed by 15 basic education chemistry teachers in order to evaluate and validate the proposals according to the chemical content presented. We conclude that the booklet is a resource that can be used in the classroom, especially when considering that the suggestions of the contents addressed in the didactic material came from the students, thus being an excellent option for the teaching and learning process.