POETIZING CHEMISTRY: APPROACH TO THE CONTENT OF ATOMIC MODELS THROUGH A POEM

Abstract

This article aims to present the importance of using poems as a didactic resource for the Chemistry class. To this end, a poem entitled "Bricks of Humanity" was elaborated as a pedagogical resource for the introductory teaching of the content of Atomistics, in the execution of the proposed methodology, the Complementary Pedagogical Activity (APC) was used, given that the classes took place in a remote format for a 1st year class, composed of 30 students, despite having been carried out at a distance, it was noted that the use of poems in chemistry has a lot of potential,  in which it facilitates the understanding of the contents worked in the classroom, assisting in interpretation and reading and increasing the critical sense of students. Such reflections were stimulated through the questionnaires presented to the students throughout the APC, which aimed to verify the students' previous knowledge and analyze whether the content was really understood. The results suggest that there was an evolution, in which the use of the poem helped them in this process. Finally, it is concluded that the use of the poem as a didactic resource enhances the processes of acquiring knowledge about the content of Atomistics and increases the student's reading and interpretation power.