Gamificação e química forense como ferramenta de aprendizagem para alunos do ensino médio

Abstract

The search for innovative methodologies has been increasing in recent years, with the aim of seeking alternatives to traditionalist teaching. At this time, there was an increase in the demand for teaching resources that promoted playfulness in their structure. Games stand out in education due to their characteristics, both in terms of gameplay and the themes and content that can be included. In this sense, the main objective of the study was to produce a game with an approach to concepts present in the area of Forensic Chemistry, with the aim of contributing to the understanding of chemical concepts by high school students. To achieve this, the game “XpertChem Forensic” was systematized in the freeware software Unreal Engine 4 (version 4.27.02, 2021). The game features in its plot a micro class with an approach to forensic chemistry content, then the student is placed as the protagonist of the narrative, assuming the role of forensic expert, solving missions and challenges that involve the use of techniques to elucidate a crime scene. crime scene. In this way, the game offers a proposal for dynamic and playful experimentation with a chemistry approach, proving to be important as a teaching tool to be used as a facilitator in the teaching-learning process, as well as for the insertion of content in the chemistry discipline in teaching average.