Contribuições das atividades experimentais investigativas no ensino de química da educação básica

Abstract

Chemistry a Science governed by models and phenomena usually associated with the microscopic scale, its approach hinders and distances students their correlation with everyday life. In this sense, we highlight the importance of performing experimental activities in Chemistry Teaching, since, through this methodology it is possible to develop conditions for students to correlate chemical phenomena with the theoretical aspects studied in the classroom. In an attempt to attenuate the empiricist-inductive view associated with experimental activities in Basic Education, and to enable students to participate actively in the process of knowledge construction, the present research seeks to investigate and work knowledge about the nature and application of experimental activities investigations, and how these activities can contribute to Chemistry classes, in order to make contributions to Basic Education. The results indicate that, in the view of Basic Education students, experimental investigative activities allow contributions to improve the learning of the concepts and principles of Chemistry.