A conscientização alimentar empregada no ensino de química – estudo de caso.

Abstract

Currently, the problem involving the feed relates mainly to food intake improperly, causing damage to health. The reflection of an unbalanced diet based on low consumption of essential nutrients to the body, the high intake of foods with high energy content and other harmful substances, can be seen in the growing number of patients with chronic diseases in the world, such as diabetes; hypertension and obesity. In this scenario, the school can play a key role by raising awareness about the care that students should have with eating habits, since it does not matter for the transmission of knowledge, but the formation of competent citizens, capable of apply the knowledge acquired in the classroom to improve the quality of life. In this sense, the theme “feed” can be used in an interdisciplinary manner in the context of chemical content, biology and other disciplines, as the parameters governing high school require the association of these contents with everyday. From this perspective, this study was conducted in order to use the theme “feed” to address, in context, chemical content in classes 1st year of high school at the State School of Ceará set Liceu, located in the city of Fortaleza - CE. The study was conducted with about 300 students, and was developed in four stages: information survey on the eating habits of students; Research and preparation of teaching materials to be used; Presentations in the classroom, where they were treated topics such as the chemical composition of food, essential substances and harmful to health, reading and interpreting labels and healthy food; and culmination of the work, performing experiments, as well as a playful character of activity, both related to the theme; and the collection of opinions of students on the project developed. The work showed that the theme "feed", if employed properly, constitutes an excellent tool in the context of chemistry teaching, because it is an essential habit for the life of every human being.