Atividades práticas ressaltando aspectos químicos estruturais por meio do uso das plantas alimentícias não convencionais (PANC)

Abstract

The school's search to promote meaningful teaching processes increasingly requires didactic resources that promote the relationship between theory and practice associated with the student's daily life. One way to motivate such processes is to use Non Conventional Food Plants (PANC) in the classroom. Given the above, the objective of this work is to build a proposal for teaching chemistry to students of Youth and Adult Education (EJA), in order to highlight the relationship between the composition of the material and the PANC. This study had a qualitative approach, being applied through action research with an EJA high school class at a State School in Manaus. The instruments for collecting and verifying learning occurred through diagnostic questionnaires and the intervention took place in four stages. The results showed that the students were unaware of the PANC and consequently did not know that they are excellent sources of nutrients and that they can be used in food. It has also been proven that it is possible to use PANC in chemistry classes, contextualizing the relationship between nutrients and the composition of matter. The integration of this knowledge associated with the “atomAR” software was significant for the students, as it helped in the understanding of the chemical elements, represented by the Rutherford-Bohr atomic model.