Desenvolvimento de um objeto de aprendizagem para o ensino da tabela periódica

Abstract

Considering the recommendations of many educational policy documents currently available, which propose a more critical and interdisciplinary teaching by means of new activities with fostering of the incorporation of technologies in the schools and classrooms, this report presents the development of a learning object that would aid the teachers in the teaching process and the students in learning the Periodic Table content. The relevance of this work is in seeking solutions for reducing the difficulties presented in learning chemistry contents, occurring the need of investing in integration digital technology in teaching in a way that promotes a more significant and integrated daily learning process. To support the development of the learning object in the form of Educational Game, the methodological approach was structured in an investigative dimension, which congregates bibliographical research and participatory observation, and another, which organizes the conception, panning, implementation and evaluation of the Learning Object for the development of educational applications. The results of the investigative phase offer subsidies for future researches in this area. In the development phase, a prototype of the educational game was produced, which may be improved in order to obtain the first version with access to the teachers and students, to aid in the periodic table teaching and learning process.