Desenvolvimento e utilização de aplicativos para ensino de astroquímica

Abstract

Understanding the Universe that surrounds us is a great challenge and it is through education that we can interact with this reality. Awakening the interest of students in Sciences such as Astrochemistry has been a challenge and the lack of knowledge in this area has brought consequences for our society, because it is through Astrochemistry that we have knowledge that space is full of molecules and that many molecules of planet Earth were formed in space. Astrochemistry is a multidisciplinary science that studies atoms, molecules and chemical reactions in outer space, as well as understanding the evolution and chemical composition of the universe, the chemical phenomena that take place in space. In view of these difficulties, the present work aims to develop a didactic strategy for using an application in the teaching and learning process of Astrochemistry. Currently, the use of digital technologies (DT) is becoming increasingly popular and many people have access to smartphones and the internet, making this resource even more accessible for educational purposes in the teaching-learning process. The developed application, called AstroQuímica, was created with the help of the “app factories” platform known as Fabapp. AstroQuímica is an application of chemical knowledge related to Astronomy that aims to provide content and curiosities about the Chemistry of the universe. In the application, in addition to contributing to the study of this Science, it makes it possible to check your knowledge with questions about Astrochemistry. In order to obtain a more effective result in solving problems faced by basic education teachers, a didactic sequence (SD) was developed as a proposal for using the application.